Importance of gastrointestinal health

Children's digestive system is very different from that of adults, so food hygiene is very important for children's health. This article will answer the difference between children's digestive system and adults in detail, and how to protect the health of children's digestive system.

Characteristics of children's digestive system

Children's digestive tract mucosa is delicate, rich in blood vessels, and their digestive function is relatively weak. Therefore, food hygiene is very important to avoid indigestion and gastrointestinal diseases.

Importance of oral hygiene

Develop oral hygiene habits since childhood, rinse your mouth after meals and brush your teeth in the morning and evening. Avoid eating cold food and cold drinks. Chew more fruits and baked steamed bread slices to promote the normal development of teeth.

Reasonable diet

Food is less sugar, more phosphorus, more calcium and more vitamin D! Children have long intestines, weak intestinal peristalsis, insufficient driving force of abdominal muscles, and slow food passage, which easily leads to indigestion, constipation, anorexia and so on.

Reasonable diet

Arrange meal time and nutrition distribution reasonably, eat on time, and do not have partial eclipse, snack or overeating. Children with constipation caused by malnutrition should drink more water and eat coarse grains and vegetables rich in dietary fiber, such as celery and loofah.

keep a good mood

Making children happy while eating is very important for digestion and absorption. Avoid eating spicy food to avoid scalding the esophageal wall; Hard objects such as fishbone and bone chips are easy to puncture the esophagus. When eating, talking and laughing, it is easy to choke into the throat cavity or trachea, causing severe cough and even suffocation in severe cases.

Caring for children, starting from the details

Children's health is the biggest concern of parents. We should start from the details, protect the health of children's digestive system and let children grow up healthily.