Snack-time
What is snack-time?
Snack-time is the meal eaten in the afternoon, not to be confused with snacking!
Snacking means eating foods between meals that have a high-calorie intake but are low in vitamins and minerals (such as chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, pastries, etc.)
Snack-time, for adults, is an opportunity to increase the daily fruit, vegetable or dairy product intake, and for children, it is an opportunity to restore the sugar levels and give them a little more energy before dinner.
Why have snack-time?
Snack-time is a good way of distributing nutrient intake through the day.
By avoiding snacking, a proper snack-time enables you to adapt to unforeseen disruption to the daily routine, such as late dinners, incomplete or hurried midday meals.
For whom is snack-time important?
For children: from the age of 6 months, the age of dietary diversification, when nutritional requirements are great and reserves are low.
For adolescents, pregnant or breast feeding, the elderly and athletes
For all other people, snack-time is optional and depends on the dietary balance of the other meals.
A few “typical” examples
Snack-time has to be adapted to age, but more particularly to requirements.
You can find a series of examples of meals listed by calorific intake in the book of ……
For adults
Steamed vegetables
Raw vegetables
Juiced vegetables
Dairy products, (skimmed milk, low fat natural yoghurt, low-fat cottage cheese, etc.)
Fresh or dried fruit or nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, etc.)
Snack-time is the meal eaten in the afternoon, not to be confused with snacking!
Snacking means eating foods between meals that have a high-calorie intake but are low in vitamins and minerals (such as chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, pastries, etc.)
Snack-time, for adults, is an opportunity to increase the daily fruit, vegetable or dairy product intake, and for children, it is an opportunity to restore the sugar levels and give them a little more energy before dinner.
Why have snack-time?
Snack-time is a good way of distributing nutrient intake through the day.
By avoiding snacking, a proper snack-time enables you to adapt to unforeseen disruption to the daily routine, such as late dinners, incomplete or hurried midday meals.
For whom is snack-time important?
For children: from the age of 6 months, the age of dietary diversification, when nutritional requirements are great and reserves are low.
For adolescents, pregnant or breast feeding, the elderly and athletes
For all other people, snack-time is optional and depends on the dietary balance of the other meals.
A few “typical” examples
Snack-time has to be adapted to age, but more particularly to requirements.
You can find a series of examples of meals listed by calorific intake in the book of ……
For adults
Steamed vegetables
Raw vegetables
Juiced vegetables
Dairy products, (skimmed milk, low fat natural yoghurt, low-fat cottage cheese, etc.)
Fresh or dried fruit or nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, etc.)
For children, adolescents, pregnant or breast-feeding women, the elderly and athletes.
At home:
Dairy product + cereal + fruit or fruit juice
A nectarine or peach + cottage cheese + 3 to 4 butter biscuits
Fresh fruit juice + slice of bread + piece of cheese
At school or at work:
You should go for foods that can be kept at room temperature (avoid yoghurts, cottage cheese, etc.)
UHT milk+ buttered bread with pasteurised cheese + a piece of fruit.
A cereal bar + a banana + a piece of fruit
UHT milk + gingerbread + mandarin
What not to do!
Avoid having a one-food snack, such as chocolate or a packet of biscuits on its own.
Avoid having a long snack-time, or a snack-time too close to dinner.
Avoid foods low in nutritional value such as sugary snacks (chocolate bar, cake, biscuits, fizzy drinks etc.) or salty snacks (crisps, salted meat/fish, etc.).
At home:
Dairy product + cereal + fruit or fruit juice
A nectarine or peach + cottage cheese + 3 to 4 butter biscuits
Fresh fruit juice + slice of bread + piece of cheese
At school or at work:
You should go for foods that can be kept at room temperature (avoid yoghurts, cottage cheese, etc.)
UHT milk+ buttered bread with pasteurised cheese + a piece of fruit.
A cereal bar + a banana + a piece of fruit
UHT milk + gingerbread + mandarin
What not to do!
Avoid having a one-food snack, such as chocolate or a packet of biscuits on its own.
Avoid having a long snack-time, or a snack-time too close to dinner.
Avoid foods low in nutritional value such as sugary snacks (chocolate bar, cake, biscuits, fizzy drinks etc.) or salty snacks (crisps, salted meat/fish, etc.).
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