Nurturing Healthy Dietary Habits among Children and Youth in Singapore

培養新加坡的孩童和青少年健康的飲食習慣

Letty Kwok-Chong Shiu ； Wong-Mun Loke ； K Vijaya ； Nimrta Kaur Sandhu

《Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition》 21卷1期 (2012/03) Pp. 144-150

https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.2012.21.1.20

摘要

健康飲食對預防疾病扮演很重要的角色。在童年時養成健康的飲食習慣特別重要，因這是生長和發育的關鍵時期；而且飲食習慣很早便會形成，甚至是五歲之前。所以，我們絕對不能輕視培養孩童健康飲食習慣的重要性。減少脂肪、鹽份和糖份的攝取；同時提倡大眾攝取足夠的全穀、水果和蔬菜是新加坡保健促進局營養推廣的重點。要達到這個目的，保健促進局採用多方位的方式，以不同的策略來向新加坡的孩童和青少年推廣健康飲食。這篇文章敘述了這些針對青少年的策略及多元化的營養教育活動。

關鍵字

健康 ； 飲食 ； 孩童 ； 青少年 ； 健康推廣

並列摘要

Healthy diet is a key tenet in the prevention of many chronic diseases. Nurturing healthy dietary habits is especially important in childhood as this is a critical period of growth and development. Furthermore, dietary habits are shaped from an early age with many of them forming even below the age of 5 years. Therefore, the importance of nurturing healthy dietary habits during a child's formative years cannot be underestimated. Reducing fat, salt and sugar intake and at the same time, advocating the consumption of adequate whole-grains, fruit and vegetables among the population remain the cornerstone of the Singapore Health Promotion Board's (HPB) key nutrition initiatives. To achieve this, HPB adopts a multi-pronged approach comprising various strategies to promote healthy eating among children and youth in Singapore. This article provides an overview of these strategies and the broad range of nutrition education efforts targeted at the young.

並列關鍵字

health ； diet ； children ； youth ； health promotion