Optimize Nutrition For Child Development

What nutrients that can support a child's development?

Gold during the development of children (0-2 years), nutrition plays an important role. In this age of nutrients such as iron, iodine, vitamin B12, essential fatty acids is very important because it can stimulate a child's development, especially brain development. eg iron deficiency, anemia can cause a child attacked, so it can affect the development of cognitive intelligence.

linoleic and linolenic fatty acids is the origin of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and AA (arachidonic acid). many sources of AA and DHA found in fish, squid, egg yolk, liver, soybeans and oils made from grains. DHA and AA need to mielinisasi many brain nerves and eyes, which plays a role in improving cognitive function and vision.

What causes child malnutrition?

child malnutrition, usually can be seen from the monitoring body weight, height and head circumference less developed when compared with the existing graphics standards. in addition, motor development and social contact is less well developed.

Diseases due to malnutrition what inhibits the development of children? 

Usually between diseases, malnutrition, and child development, are interrelated to one another. on diarrheal disease that prolonged or repeated each other, may cause absorption function is interrupted, so that children become malnourished. malnutrition causes reduced nutrients to the brain which can hamper a child's development. Endurance is reduced due to lack of nutrition can cause lung infection (TBC) or other infection, which aggravate malnutrition.

Tips to optimize nutrition to child development

do not underestimate the children, because nutrition is very mempenaruhi child development, especially in the golden period of development ...

• Optimize your child's nutrition, especially in the first 2 years of age. because in those days the gold     child's brain development.
• Inadequate intake of iron, iodine, vitamin B12, essential fatty acids (linoleic and linolenic fatty acids), DHA, AA, child development, especially brain development.