Food, nutrition and healthy habits in the growth of children from 3 to 4 years old

Abstract

This research shows that as part of a new global health standard, it seeks to create new healthy lifestyles that improve people's quality of life. The objective of this research is to define the foods that children need for adequate growth; Based on this concern, the research moves to a two-part process: the first begins with the compilation of reliable information based on experts and begins the proposed topic, a case study of the culinary heritage of Ecuador, and on the other hand to help to improve the nutritional wealth of our country and the benefits it can offer, in the second step, a theoretical and practical analysis was developed, the search for real data to verify the hypothesis: food, nutrition and healthy habits improve the growth of children from 3 to 4 years, with a work method applicable to a questionnaire for children of the aforementioned age group, a Child Growth Map and the food-based nutrition registry of Ecuador, and to conclude but at the same time provide a starting point towards an innovative nutritional proposal for children, a nutrition guide is developed that is nothing more than a summary of the research. The purpose of the research focuses on creatively prepared dishes, with the right ingredients, prepared in the right portions, and mixes right for children.