Determine the Adequacy of children's food?
Adequacy of children's food and nutrient intake depends on:
- Sibling company
- Peer pressure
- Model set by parents and other adults in the family
- Their personal attitudes and practices. Sometime they have knowledge but cannot translate into practice
- Harmony at home and stress of school
- Mass media
- Convenience foods and fast food joints.
Working mothers may be forced to adopt convenient options which the children can fix on their own. Popularity of fast foods is by personal choice and peer pressure. They should be encouraged to minimize the frequency of eating out and counselled on healthy food choices while eating-out. One reasonable method is by making limited money available to children and adolescents coupled with helpful friendly dialogue.