Many children remain snack at random despite having sung the provision by a parent or no snacks in the school cafeteria. In fact, snacks outside the school has not guaranteed the safety and cleanliness.
Therefore, parents and teachers should provide information to the child how to choose healthy snacks.
Chairman of the Nutrition and Health Research Center of the University of Indonesia Ahmad Shafiq Snacks reveals how to recognize child healthy and unhealthy.
"Snacks healthier it is not contaminated, it is not physically damaged, and the safety of chemical hazards," said Shafiq on the sidelines of the Movement Nusantara Frisian Flag Indonesia (FFI) in SD Bubutan IV, Surabaya, East Java, on Wednesday (18/11 / 2015).
In the book described the Archipelago Movement nutrition education, the characteristics of unhealthy snacks include food colors too flashy, it feels very snappy, for example, very tasteful and there was a bitter taste.
In terms of hygiene, food is stored in the open, dusty, and many flies. The food is also just wrapped in scrap paper or newspaper. While its shape can be very chewy, hard, charred, and smell less tasty.
The criteria for healthy food, that is safe from physical harm, such as free of dust, sand, hair, and nails. The second criterion, namely, safety of chemicals. For example, do not use preservatives, colorings, and flavorings excessive or not the recommended dosage. Then, the food is also stored in a clean, odorless, and the packaging is not damaged.
As a result of the consumption of unhealthy snacks, children can experience health problems such as dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, to have an impact on impaired concentration in school.
To that end, the program also makes the Archipelago Movement Healthy Canteen at school and in collaboration with the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM).
Moreover, children in elementary school are also given education about balanced nutrition. "The knowledge gained essential nutrients so that children can choose healthy foods," said Shafiq.
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