Important messages:​
 

• Growth monitoring and promotion remains very important:
  - Measuring the height and weight of a child regularly is important to make sure the child grows and develops well
  - The weight and height of a child can be seen and measured, but the most important growth of the brain cannot be seen, however, if we see that a child grows well in height, we can assume that the brain also is developing well 
  
  Note: The child's weight and height should be measured every 6 months at the local health center or MindUp until the child is 5 years old.
   

• Your child should get a vitamin A capsule at 30 months of age (1.5 years old):
  Vitamin A helps to protect the child against illness and infection and helps to prevent night blindness
   

• Responsive feeding and caring:
  
  It is very important to respond to the baby’s cues for feeding and comfort in order for the child to develop well and reach its full potential. 
   

• A healthy diet is important throughout the whole life cycle:
  - A healthy diet strengthens the learning potential and well-being of children and adolescents
  - Contributes to decreasing the risk of today’s leading health problems in children and adolescents (including obesity, hart disease, cancer, and eating disorders)
  - A healthy diet in early life enables healthy adulthood and ageing
  
  How to maintain a healthy diet:
  - Achieve energy balance and a healthy weight
  - Limit energy intake from total fats and shift fat consumption away from "bad" fats (for example fat meat, pastries, fast food) to "good" fats (for example margarine, olive/sunflower oil, fish, nuts, eggs, avocado)
  - Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, and legumes, whole grains and nuts
  - Limit the intake of free sugars (e.g. sugary drinks, pastries, candy, ice cream)
  - Limit salt consumption from all sources and ensure that salt is iodized
   

• Maintain good hygiene 
   

• Child development + developmental milestones

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