ASUPAN GIZI SEIMBANG BERMANFAAT BAGI KESEHATAN ANAK USIA DINI DI TENGAH ERA GENERASI Z

Abstract

Maximizing the growth and development potential of children is very important, because this will happen continuously. The first step that must be considered is to pay attention to nutrition during the perinatal period, infancy until the next phase. In early childhood, children will experience rapid maturation of organs and motor abilities, so at this time children really need good environmental support, especially in the aspect of fulfilling foods that contain nutrients. By optimizing the child's growth and development environment at this time will make the key to the quality and productivity of children in the future. The purpose of this research is to source audience knowledge that Balanced Nutrition Intake is Beneficial for Early Childhood Health in the Middle of Generation Z Era. In this study the author used the library research method. The results of this study prove that balanced nutritional intake is very important and beneficial for early childhood health, especially in the process of growth and development. Because early childhood is a golden period where children will need food that suits their nutritional needs. If children are not given food according to their nutrition, it will have an impact on poor nutritional status, so that it can hamper the growth and development of children. Given that today's food is in the form of fast food, which cannot be ascertained the level of nutritional needs.