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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 751, 4 December 1953, Page 10

ISSUED BY THE NEW ZEALAND DEPT Of HEALTH Meals for the under These are the kind of meals (18 months the pre-school child needs -5 years) Dn waking Drink of water, Or milk, Or fruit juice. breakfast Porridge with milk: Buttered crisp toase; Cup of milk O5 milk cocoa. mid-morning Cup of milk, or milk souP, or hot milk drink: Piece of Taw carrot, celery, lettuce or fruit. dinner Minced Or finely cut meat; Or liver and bacon ; Or baked Or steamed fish; Or egg I some form. Potato. A helping of vegetable: Stewed fruit or baked apple; and milk pudding. Cup of mik mid-afternoon Cup of milk Or drink of orange juice O5 rosehip syrup: A piece of any fruit in season. tea Boiled , poached or scrambled egg (if not given with dinner) ; Or thick milk vegetable soup Or a baked apple ; or a salad. Wholemeal bread sandwiches (crusts left on) ; half with grated cheese or peanut butter, the rest with dates Or raisins. Cup of milk Or hot milk drink: before bed A piece of unpeeled apple: . Whenever possible 3 small piece of un peeled apple or any faw fruit Or vegetable should be given after each meal: It 1S important for cleaning the teeth and encourages chewing: NOTE : This is omy 1 guide: Ifany one food is consistently disliked, don' [ force it on the child but replace it with some- thing equally nutritious. Meal tire should be bappy time Healthy children who are not coaxed Or fussed over or na agged at will eat and enjoy their meals. Giving 2 child sweets and ice cream between meals takes the edge off the appetite in these cases ic is the grown-UpS; not tbe child; wbo sbould get thbe scolding: