Nutrition guidance for infants and young children

Author: Xu Chu-Ru
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
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Moderate nutrition, avoid overeating; maintain a healthy weight, don’t exceed the limit; appropriate exercise is essential, avoid overexertion; quit smoking, reduce alcohol intake, follow advice, develop good habits; prevention is key when healthy, seek medical attention early when sick.
—Advised by Wang Min-Qing, this series of books conducts high-intensity health education to enable healthcare workers and various groups to master the principles of healthy eating, thereby achieving the goal of a healthy and long life.
—Advised by Chen Xiao-Shu, as long as the principles of the "Dietary Guidelines" are followed, even ordinary foods can help prevent diseases, promote health, and extend life.
—Advised by Gu Jing-Fan, the series’ editorial committee chair, prevention is more important than treatment. Strengthening the publicity and education of reasonable nutrition and balanced diets is the primary task.
—Advised by Zhou Wen-Zhen, life depends on nutrition. Since the existence of organisms, life and its continuation have been inseparable from dietary nutrition. Ancients long recognized this truth, pointing out that "eating well leads to prosperity, while starvation leads to danger," demonstrating its great value. Hence, there is the saying, "Food is the foundation of the people." Modern science further recognizes that the abundance or deficiency of nutrients is a major cause of many diseases. Insufficient or lack of nutrition can lead to anemia, rickets, dementia, goiter, blindness, osteoporosis, and congenital deformities, while excessive nutrition can result in "precious diseases" such as obesity, atherosclerosis, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, and diabetes. Mild cases affect health and reduce quality of life, while severe cases endanger life. With the development of China’s national economy and the gradual improvement of people’s living standards, the aforementioned nutritional imbalances have become increasingly prominent, making nutrition and health care receive greater attention. In response, the Chinese Nutrition Society, based on China’s actual conditions, formulated the "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" in 1997. It is grounded in scientific research and tailored to the nutritional needs and main dietary deficiencies of Chinese residents, holding universal guiding significance. The purpose of compiling and publishing this series is to further popularize scientific knowledge of nutrition and health care, enabling the general public to correctly master balanced diets, thereby strengthening the body, extending life, and improving and enhancing the national quality. The content of the series is divided into two parts: one is how nutrition prevents and treats various common diseases, and the other is the relationship between dietary nutrition and different life stages. The contributors to the series are all professionals who have long been engaged in nutritional work in clinical, teaching, and research settings. In their daily work, they have profound insights and rich experience in correctly handling the relationship between nutrition and health care. Therefore, the writing is both in-depth and accessible, practical, easy to understand, and convenient to implement. It is hoped that readers can gain extensive nutritional knowledge from this series and apply it in their daily lives, contributing to disease prevention, health promotion, and strengthening their physical fitness, thereby helping to achieve a well-off society sooner.