Food pyramid for children

What should the children's ideal diet be composed of? What foods should they eat each day and in what proportion? Guiainfantil.com has spoken with the infant nutrition expert Lucía Bultó to find out how many carbohydrates, fats and proteins the children's daily menu should contain and in which foods

What should the children's ideal diet be composed of? What foods should they eat each day and in what proportion? Guiainfantil.com has spoken with the infant nutrition expert Lucía Bultó to find out how many carbohydrates, fats and proteins the children's daily menu should contain and in which foods we find them. This is the nutritional pyramid in childhood.

How to interpret the child nutrition pyramid

In order to grow and develop correctly, children must follow the nutritional parameters established by the nutritional pyramid based on the fact that each meal must have these characteristics:

- Base of the pyramid. Half of the calories should come in the form of carbohydrates: bread, pasta, potato, rice or cereals. They are between 4 and 6 servings a day.

- Second level of the pyramid. Fruits and vegetables should be consumed daily. About 3 servings of fruit and 2 of vegetables.

- Third level of the pyramid. Between 12 and 15% should be protein foods: meats, fish, eggs or, legumes. They are between 3 and 4 servings a week.

- Vertex of the pyramid. Around 25 and 35% have to be fats: that goes in the fat that carries the meat, the oil with which we flavor or nuts. The sweets or sausage is only recommended to consume occasionally.

In any case, each child, depending on their needs, can move these proportions, since not at all stages of growth or in all periods of life you have the same appetite. The pediatrician is the most recommended person to refine these percentages.

Video on how to make a diet for children according to the nutritional pyramid