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Question: Need to understand a healthy diet plan for my child. My son is going to be 5 years old in September. His weight and height is below average. I want to ensure that he is having proper diet.
His current diet is -
Morning 6.30 am - 2 egg white, half glass of milk (~200ml)
In school around 10 am - 1 parantha / 2 idlis / 2 puris etc
At home around 2 pm - some Rice and dal or roti and dal
evening 5 pm - 100 - 150 ml milk and some buscuits
night 9 pm - 3 Rotis or rice plate with dal and vegetable
Sometimes in evening - he takes 1 fruit
His current diet is -
Morning 6.30 am - 2 egg white, half glass of milk (~200ml)
In school around 10 am - 1 parantha / 2 idlis / 2 puris etc
At home around 2 pm - some Rice and dal or roti and dal
evening 5 pm - 100 - 150 ml milk and some buscuits
night 9 pm - 3 Rotis or rice plate with dal and vegetable
Sometimes in evening - he takes 1 fruit
Brief Answer:
It is overall fine but more of vegetables and fruits need to be added.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone carefully through the diet chart and indeed it seems overall fine to me. However, I would like to confirm if you have a vegitarian, or rather an eggitarian diet. Moreover, including some more fruits and vegetables would be more reasonable. For example, instead of just dal and roti/rice, perhaps some vegetables could be included alongise. It is very important to include a good amount of green leafy vegetables in diet. Some curd/yogurt also needs to be included. I would suggest you to ensure regular intake of some seasonal fruit or the other.
Wish you all the best.
Regards
It is overall fine but more of vegetables and fruits need to be added.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone carefully through the diet chart and indeed it seems overall fine to me. However, I would like to confirm if you have a vegitarian, or rather an eggitarian diet. Moreover, including some more fruits and vegetables would be more reasonable. For example, instead of just dal and roti/rice, perhaps some vegetables could be included alongise. It is very important to include a good amount of green leafy vegetables in diet. Some curd/yogurt also needs to be included. I would suggest you to ensure regular intake of some seasonal fruit or the other.
Wish you all the best.
Regards
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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