The entrance to classes of children and adolescents supposes a challenge of creativity to achieve that the boys maintain a healthy diet, even when what they want is to be playing with their peers or eat something else.
When we talk about healthy lunch boxes, they are those that provide children with an adequate nutritional content for their age and are also attractive to them.
Depending on the stage in which children and adolescents find themselves, both the amount and type of food to eat varies, so being accompanied by a nutritionist is a very good alternative to guarantee that they receive the food fuel they require day by day. day.
A healthy lunch box should arouse the desire to eat in the boys, and it should look attractive in their eyes as well, since at school, they are mainly exposed to comparing their snacks with those of other children and may be attracted to what other children eat or feel ashamed of their food and not eat it.
Creativity fundamental part
Creativity is important when preparing snacks: creating sandwiches with faces, fruit chopped in fun shapes, fun packaging and easy to handle.
Basically, the snack should include a fruit or fruit juice - natural - a protein and a carbohydrate, which are usually grouped together in a sandwich, as well as snacks for shorter breaks, which can be homemade cookies, a dairy product, Nuts or cereal bars.
Taking care of lunch boxes allows control over diseases such as overweight or underweight, food allergies, selective rejection of certain foods in some contexts and some other variables that may be important to know the health of the child.
Ideas for healthy and fun snacks
Some easy and healthy snack ideas for children are:
• Fruit jelly flan: it can be prepared with flavorless gelatin and chopped seasonal fruit.
• Chia seed mousse, with red fruits and coconut milk.
• Fruit cups with a granola base and creamy coconut milk.
• Turkey, lettuce and tomato sandwich
• Fruit skewers.
• Smoothie of tropical fruits with coconut milk.
• Carrot sticks with honey.
• Yogurt with granola or oatmeal.
These and other healthy alternatives placed in a package that is easy for the child to handle and with creativity and color can be the perfect alternative to encourage them to eat at school while they play and learn.
