During early childhood, children begin to establish habits for eating and exercise that stick with them for their entire lives. The first five years are particularly important and the nutritional intake has important immediate effect on growth, brain development, intellectual capacity, school achievement, emotional wellbeing and immunity. If children establish healthy habits, their risk for developing many chronic diseases will be greatly decreased. On the other hand, poor eating habits and physical inactivity during childhood set the stage for health problems in adulthood.

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