Many parents today worry about their children’s diets(饮食). Then what is a healthy diet for children? Miss Jones from Happy Children Hospital gives us some advice(建议):

Children shouldn’t eat food with too much salt because it can cause(引起) high blood pressure(高血压).

Children should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar. They should not eat too much junk food.

Fruit and vegetables are rich in (富含) vitamins(维他命). Children need to eat fruit and vegetables often.

Water is important to everyone. Children need to drink enough water every day.

Children need to eat breakfast every day. It is good for their bodies and minds.

Being fit is a way of saying a person eats well, gets a lot of exercise, and has a health weight. Here are some rules to live by, if you want to be fit.

First, eat different foods, especially fruit and vegetables. You may have your favorite food, but you'd better eat something different. If you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients(营养物质)your body needs.

Second, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No. 1 choice. Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium(钙) your body needs to grow strong bones.

Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not make you feel comfortable and make you fat.

Fourth, limit screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV or use computers. It is good to take more exercise such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can’t watch TV for more than two hours a day.

Fifth, do some sports as often as you can. One thing you' d like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. For example, Bosu balls(波速球)are one of the kid's favorite activities. Find ways to be active every day.

Follow these rules and you can be a healthy kid.

Have you ever noticed how many calories(卡路里) you eat in a day? There is a special store opened in the Chengdu Youth Palace. If you “shop” there, you can find out how many calories there are in different foods. The store was opened on May 17th, 2022. It’s part of the “Know Your Food” program of the UNICEF. The purpose of the program is to make children and young people know more about foods, and help them make healthy choices about what to eat.

Instead of real foods, many imitation (仿制) snacks are put on the shelves in the store including candies, sugary drinks and many packets of latiao. People can take them to the self-service counter(柜台) to see how many calories (A) they have. In addition, the store offers many models and cartoons to help people understand which foods are very good for them and which foods they should eat less often. “I didn’t expect that I would have to climb 70 floors to burn off the calories,” says Liang, a local fifth-grader, after checking out her chosen food.

(B) At present, being too heavy has become a serious problem among children. It is shown that nearly 20% of children between 6 and 17 years of age, and over 10% of children under the age of 6 in China are overweight. Experts also point out that the cheap, highly processed foods and drinks can lead to the rapid growth of children who are overweight.

Being overweight is known to have many bad influences, such as having a higher risk of getting illness and a higher risk of developing problems with feelings and behavior. Such a store helps to remind children to care about what they eat. At the same time, similar stores are opened in other cities, such as Weihai in Shangdong Province and Enshi in Hubei Province.