Have you ever heard of the 4 Pillars of Balanced Nutrition? The 4 Pillars of Balanced Nutrition are part of the Balanced Nutrition Guidelines, dietary guidelines adopted in Indonesia to replace the slogan "4 Sehat 5 Sempurna". The four pillars of balanced nutrition are a series of efforts to balance the outgoing and incoming nutrients by regularly monitoring body weight.
By balancing the outgoing nutrients and incoming nutrients, it is hoped that Indonesia's double burden of nutritional problems can be resolved. The double burden of the nutrition problem is a situation where an area experiences nutritional deficiencies such as malnutrition and stunting as well as excess nutrients. Come on, learn more about the 4 Pillars of Balanced Nutrition!
1. Consuming a Variety of Foods
There is no perfect food except Mother's Milk (ASI) for babies aged 0-6 months. Each food has its nutritional advantages, but no food contains all nutrients. Therefore, consuming a variety of foods is essential to meet our nutritional needs.
It should be noted in consuming a variety of foods. We still need to pay attention to our food portions. We can apply several notes related to food portions in managing our daily diet, such as eating with balanced food proportions, eating enough portions regularly, and not overdoing it.
2. Getting used to Clean Living Behavior
Clean living behavior is important to implement because it is closely related to the incidence of infectious diseases. Infectious diseases can affect a person's nutritional status, especially children. This is because infectious diseases can cause a decrease in appetite, which impacts the lack of nutrients that enter the body.
The body requires more nutrients to increase metabolism when exposed to infectious diseases. Conversely, when there is a lack of nutrients, our immune system will also decrease, so infections can more easily attack our bodies. Therefore, getting used to clean living behavior will help prevent us from contracting infectious diseases.
3. Doing Physical Activity
Physical activity is all kinds of bodily activities. One of the physical activities is sports. In doing physical activity, we need energy. The energy obtained from several types of food will be released when we do physical activity. This is the role of physical activity in balancing nutrients that enter the body. In addition, physical activity also accelerates the body's metabolic processes.
4. Maintain and Monitor Normal Body Weight
For adults, the balance of nutrients can be characterized by achieving normal body weight. The indicator used is the Body Mass Index (BMI). The normal body mass index for adults is in the range of 18.5 - 25.0. Meanwhile, for infants and toddlers, the indicator used is weight development according to age. This development is monitored using the Towards Healthy Card (KMS).
So, have you applied these four pillars of balanced nutrition in your daily life? Keep reading articles from Fitie to get other information related to nutrition and health!