●挑食,是兒童發育過程中的正常情形。孩子通常不信任沒吃過的食物,即使最堅定的父母都被兒童的決心屈服,不嘗試提供不同的食物。他們端出鬆餅、泡芙,即使知道這樣不對,「但總比不吃好。」
「巧克力牛奶、巧克力洋芋片、巧克力鬆餅、巧克力薄煎餅…難以相信」兒童營養輔導員瓦若貝說,孩子大都是挑食的,但這個例子令人驚訝!這個學齡前兒童,去年一年的主食是巧克力。
據紐約時報報導,瓦若貝是紐澤西州魯特格大學的學齡前營養系主任,她說,這孩子的母親認為,「孩子想吃什麼,我就煮什麼。」
多數父母不會這樣,他們嘗試每日挑戰、發現孩子喜歡吃的食物。許多父母擔心兒童的首選飲食──雞塊和義大利麵,可能導致營養缺乏。
瓦若貝說,父母必須提供各種各樣健康食物,讓孩子經常接觸這些食物。她綜合整理出父母常犯的六個飲食錯誤,如下:
1.孩子,你不要進廚房
遠離火爐、熱開水和菜刀。但研究建議,參與準備膳食,是孩子嘗試新食物的第一步。
哥倫比亞大學研究「孩子參與烹調對飲食習慣的影響」,600個孩子參加營養課程,從幼稚園到六年級,他們幾乎會吃更多蔬菜五穀。有些孩子除了學會健康的吃,也參與烹調,孩子自己煮食,效果最好。
2.孩子,你至少吃一口
孩子不想吃的食物,父母可能認為「至少吃一口」是合理的,但經常事與願違。當父母逼孩子「至少吃一口」時,即使恩威並施,孩子仍會消極抵制。賓州大學的研究中,研究員和孩子說明,如果吃蔬菜、喝牛奶,就送他們貼紙、允許看電視時間,但獎勵反而使孩子對這些食物反感。
「父母常對孩子說,吃蔬菜喝牛奶就可以看電視,但這起不了作用。」賓大兒童肥胖研究中心主任伯區說,「短期內,也許能強制孩子吃,但長遠看,沒效果。」
3.孩子,別想拿到美食
父母擔心孩子大吃特吃,因此常把孩子愛吃的食物放在視線外或高架上。但一個大型研究顯示,父母「控制下」的食物,孩子更想要吃。
賓州大學做了個實驗,觀察被制約的食物是否更具吸引力。
研究員給孩子蘋果、桃子餅,兩樣都可以吃,他們覺得還OK。另一個對照組,桃子餅放在桌子中間,他們得忍耐10分鐘,才可以任意吃。結果,制約效果很強:孩子吃下桃子餅份量比蘋果高三倍。
父母得到什麼教訓?把食物放在桌上,鼓勵孩子嘗試,但不要抱怨被孩子拒絕,如果孩子吃了也不要稱讚。只要設法保持中立態度。只要問孩子,要不要多吃一些。
4.孩子,這雖不可口,但卡路里低
父母提供乏味的食物,孩子只會勉強吃,無精打采。營養師建議父母,把食物弄得色香味俱全,譬如加少許奶油、起司調味料或紅糖,這都可增加食欲,吃得津津有味。
針對五歲女孩的研究,一個孩子把巧克力奶昔加入節食食譜裡,她的母親本來喝的是低脂飲料。另個孩子說,節食意味「您適應食物,但您根本不愛吃它。」
增加少許脂肪到菜裡面,可以開胃。而增加的少數額外卡路里,是一種營養助力,這個代價絕對值得。
5.孩子,健康食物放在你面前
孩子看到父母親在吃什麼東西,也會要吃。一項研究發現,學齡前兒童傾向於喜歡或拒絕父母喜歡或不喜歡的蔬菜水果。如果母親不喜歡蔬菜,孩子可能變得挑食。
想減肥或正在瘦身的父母,也會影響孩子的飲食習慣,孩子無意間也跟著減重了。
另一個問題是,多數人不忌食,經常狂歡飲食,體重增加,也讓幼兒處於飲食失調或終身都得慢性節食的風險。
「多數母親不認為孩子會學她們,其實孩子是會的。」 伯區博士說,「父母的身教,會影響孩子。」
6.孩子,你不吃,但我放在桌上
瓦若貝說她經常聽見父母抱怨,「我的孩子不吃那個的。」但她說,孩子現在可能如此,但每個人嗜食的菜餚會經常改變。
因此即使孩子拒絕嘗試,父母應繼續準備各種健康食物放在桌上。不要輕易放棄,也別忘了,兄弟姊妹和同儕可能改變兒童飲食習慣。
營養師蘇珊羅伯特提出所謂「15法則」:把食物放在桌上至少15次,看孩子是否接受。一旦他們接受,父母應選擇同色澤、同口味的食物提供嚐試。
「做為父母,你應該決定給孩子吃什麼。」瓦若貝說,「但你必須放輕鬆,瞭解孩子正一天天成長,他們嗜食的東西將變得不同。」
(本報綜合報導)
2008-10-26
Children not being choosy food parents often guilty of wrong 6
● choosy food, child development is the normal course of the case. Children usually do not trust not eaten before, even the most determined parents of the children are determined to yield and not try to offer various types of food. They brought muffins, puff, do not even know, "but do not eat better than good."
"Chocolate milk, chocolate, potato chips, chocolate muffins, chocolate pancake ... hard to believe that" child nutrition counselor if Tony Watt said that the children are picky eaters, but this example is surprising! The pre-school children, last year's chocolate is a staple food.
According to The New York Times reported that if Tony is a tile Rutger University in New Jersey preschool Head of the Department of Nutrition, she said, the mother of the view that "children want to eat what I cook anything."
Most parents do not, they try to challenge daily, found that children like to eat the food. Many parents worry about children's food choice ─ ─ chicken and pasta, can lead to nutritional deficiencies.
Watt said that if the bay, parents must provide a wide range of healthy foods so that children frequent contact with these foods. Her parents come up with a comprehensive six common diet mistakes are as follows:
1. Child, you do not kitchen
Away from the stove, hot water and kitchen knife. However, the proposed study, to participate in meal preparation, the child is the first step to try new foods.
Columbia University study, "the children involved in cooking on the eating habits of the impact of" 600 children to participate in nutrition programs, from kindergarten to sixth grade, they will almost eat more vegetables crops. In addition, some children learn to eat healthy, are also involved in cooking, cooking their own children, the best results.
2. Child, you eat at least a
Children do not want to eat the food, parents may think that "at least eat a" reasonable, but often did not. When parents force children "eat at least an" even if Mr Mathias and the children will continue to resist the negative. University of Pennsylvania study, researchers and children that, if the vegetables to eat, drink milk, they send stickers to allow time to watch TV, but it rewards the children of these food aversion.
"Parents often tell their children that eating vegetables, drinking milk can watch TV, but no effects at all." Penn childhood obesity research director of the Center for Bo District, said, "In the short term, may be able to enforce their children to eat, but the long-term view, not Effect. "
3. Children should not even think about getting food
Parents fear their children to suck up special food, so often a child's favorite food on the elevated line of sight or on the outside. However, a large-scale studies have shown that parents "controlled" foods, children want to eat more.
University of Pennsylvania made an experiment to observe the constraints of the food was more attractive.
Fellow children Apple, peach pie, the two can eat, they also feel OK. Another group, the peach pie on the table in the middle, they have to be patient for 10 minutes before they can eat. As a result, very strong constraints effect: children eating peach pie three times more weight than Apple.
What parents learned? The food on the table to encourage children to try, but do not complain that their children were rejected, if the children do not eat the praise. As long sought to maintain a neutral stance. As long as the child asked, should not have to eat some.
4. Child, it is not delicious, but low-calorie
Boring parents to provide food, children eat only reluctantly, listless. Dietitian recommends that parents make the food color cooking methods, such as the need to be raised butter, cheese sauce or brown sugar, which can increase appetite and eat with relish.
For the five-year-old girl, a child's accession to the chocolate milkshake diet recipes, her mother would have to drink the beverage is a low-fat. Another child said, means diet, "you adapt to the food, but you do not like it."
A little fat to increase food inside, can be an appetizer. The increase of a few extra calories, is a nutrition assistance, this is worth the price.
5. Children, health food in front of you
Children see their parents eating something will eat. A study found that pre-school children tend to love or reject their parents like it or not, the fruits and vegetables. If the mother does not like vegetables, children may become picky eaters.
Want to lose weight or are in the process of downsizing their parents, will also affect the eating habits of children, child accidentally followed a weight loss.
Another problem is that the majority of Jisi people do not often Carnival eating, weight gain, but also eating disorders in young children have chronic or life-long diet of risk.
"Most mothers do not think that children will learn that they, in fact, the children will." Bo District, said, "parents sex education in the family will affect their children."
6. Child, you do not eat, but I am on the table
If Tony Watt said she often heard parents complain, "I do not eat the children of that." However, she said, children may now be the case, but everyone preferable to change the dishes frequently.
Therefore, even if the child refuses to try, parents should continue to prepare a variety of healthy food on the table. Do not give up easily, and do not forget, siblings and peers may change the eating habits of children.
Robert dietitian Susan so-called "rule 15": the food on the table for at least 15 times, to see whether or not to accept the child. Once they accept that parents should choose the same color, with the taste of food to try to provide.
"As parents, you should decide what their children eat." Tile if Tony said, "but you have to relax, understand their children are growing day by day, they are preferable things will be different."
(This roundup)
2008-10-26
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