'Cut down on rice intake' call
Published on: Saturday, July 30, 2016
INANAM: Some 80 parents and teachers of SK Bantayan here benefitted from a "cooking healthy food" demonstration by a nutritionist Kimberly Wong during the half-day health programme at the school premises, Friday. The programme which was jointly organised by Shangrila Resort in Kota Kinabalu together with Mercy Malaysia was lauded by headmistress Junaidah Yassin. "From my observation, some of the students do not eat proper breakfast before they come to school.
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It is important that parents must have knowledge and be more aware the importance of having good breakfast. This is so that the children can come to school with an alert mind and good health, to perform well in their studies," said Junaidah.Kimberly, who is attached to the Health Clinic based in Kudat advised parents to give healthy breakfast for their children which contain milk as it is a good source for healthy bones."I understand that some children do not like to drink milk, therefore you can add milk in the breakfast meal such as pancake. Milk powder or liquid can be blended together with flour and pan-fry it with a little portion of oil or butter.
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It is highly nutritious.In your daily meal, you should have more vegetables and a little rice with meat and/ or fish," she added.
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Eating fruits daily is also a good practice for children and adult according to Kimberly. She said any kinds of fruits are good however, it must be taken in moderate portion."When people get sick, only then they would consider taking fruits to help them recover. But it is not the right way of doing. Fruit is taken to prevent us from getting sick but not to cure.Therefore prevention is better than cure. Eat fruits everyday and you won't get sick easily," she advised.She also alerted parents not to consume excessive rice as it is not good for the health in a long run. She studies show that many Malaysians are going into obesity."As we age, we need to reduce our rice intact. Rice is good source for carbohydrates however, if taken with more quantity, it will harm our health in a long run," she said, adding that rice is good for children for their energy.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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