Children receive lunch and school snacks in various institutions in our country. Photo: illustrative.
The nutritionist Ángela Leguizamón affirmed that food is a basic right of the child and that this cannot be eliminated, be it in the format of breakfast, lunch or school snack, due to the importance for their development.
In an interview with Universo 970/Nación Media, Leguizamón indicated that both lunch and school snack are extremely important because contribute to the growth of the childin addition to breakfast.
In the school stage, children are developing all the neuronal part and that is fed through the substance that they provide us with breakfastas in the case of sugar that provides “the energy to think, be active or be alert”.
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In case of removing this component, children will be apathetic and listless, so it becomes a fundamental aspect at the time of starting the morning and the activities in the little ones, he highlighted.
Likewise, he indicated that In the classroom it is important that the importance of good nutrition be highlighted and that the same parents also can arrange to include dairy or protein in their children’s dietin addition to fruits or juices, avoiding multi or ultra-processed foods.
“Food is a child’s right, the least they would have to do is eliminate breakfast or snack because it’s like they’re waiting for that nutrient that they’re going to provide,” said Leguizamón.
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A child who does not eat well will not perform appropriately academically and may also be down or suffer from a learning deficitmaintained the professional.
It should be remembered that the presidential candidate Efraín Alegre raises the elimination of the school snack to do direct transfers to families with scarce resources, within the framework of an electoral proposal.
