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General food value of a daily diet of the child in the age of 1-1,5 years makes to 1300 kcal. The child who has stepped 1,5 year’s boundary, needs 1400-1500 kcal, and three-year’s child need 1550-1600 kcal a day. Breakfast and dinner - 25 %, a lunch - 35 %, afternoon snack - 15 %.
Certainly, volume of the food depends and on children’s appetite. If the child has good appetite, do not abuse it; do not accustom your child to excessively plentiful meal. First or last it will lead to superfluous adipopexis and health disorders. If your child has poor appetite and not always wants to eat, temporarily do the fifth food intake as an additional supper at 21 o’clock or an early breakfast if the child wakes up too early - at 5-6 o’clock AM. Additional food intake may include a glass of warm milk, kefir or yoghurt with cookies or a slice of a roll.

The food is digested in a stomach of the child on the average within 3-4 hours; therefore intervals between food intakes should be approximately equal to this time. Time of feedings should be constant, deviations from this time should not exceed 15-30 minutes.

If to speak about frequency of a meal, it is recommended to feed the child four times a day. High-protein food (meat, fish) children should take in the first half of a day, as it needs more time to be digested in a stomach, and the second half of a day is good for a dairy – vegetative and carbohydrate food.