00:00For Zyren Tabirao, it's important to talk to her son about food.
00:07That's why she's planning to cook food for Pasukan.
00:12It's important because it's better if we cook food that's more substantial
00:17than what we buy from a convenience store.
00:22In this way, she can monitor her son's food
00:27and make sure that the food is substantial.
00:31This is Roy Pamplina.
00:33He usually orders frozen food.
00:36It's his grandson's favorite.
00:38Sometimes, we have biscuits for both of us,
00:41but we also have rice.
00:43Let's just order rice.
00:45It's a big thing for a school to provide
00:48one-third of a child's recommended intake, or REI.
00:52According to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, or FNRI,
00:56more than 1,300 kilocalories per day
00:59is what a 3 to 5-year-old needs, or those in kindergarten.
01:04More than 1,500 kilocalories for 6 to 12-year-olds in elementary school age.
01:10More than 2,000 kilocalories for 10 to 12-year-olds.
01:15But based on a nutrition survey,
01:17a large percentage of each age group falls
01:21and is not an achiever of sufficient nutrition.
01:24According to a nutritionist,
01:26it's important to prepare the food for the children.
01:30Some of the tips of the FNRI for a student's food to be substantial
01:35is to plan in advance the food for the child.
01:38Compact lunches.
01:40It should have ingredients from four food groups.
01:43For example, rice, fried chicken, buttered vegetables,
01:47and fruits as a side dish.
01:49For sandwiches,
01:51tuna, cheese, egg, or chicken.
01:55Lettuce, tomatoes, or cucumber.
01:58Milk or fruit juice as a drink.
02:01Make sure the water is clean.
02:03It's better if it's in a thermal or insulated lunchbox.
02:07Add nutritionist.
02:09As much as possible,
02:10don't make it fried every day.
02:13Children should be used to eating fruits.
02:17If they taste different kinds of food every day,
02:23their preference for strong-flavored foods will be lost.
02:28That's why we are encouraging them to eat what their family eats,
02:32not what the child eats.
02:35For JMA Integrated News, I'm Catrina Son.
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