Every child dreams of having his own "Candy Rain" and "Ice Cream Palace". But for a long time, because of certain misunderstandings about the cognition and choice of snacks, many parents and teachers are like enemies when they mention snacks. Therefore, helping children, parents and teachers face up to snacks and understand snacks knowledge has become an important and necessary topic in the work of food safety and health science.

In order to better carry out the snack science education work, rigorously, accurately and effectively answer questions for children and parents, on December 18, 2020, the China Children’s and Teenagers’ Fund (hereinafter referred to as "China Children’s and Teenagers’ Fund"), China Sponsored by the Nutrition and Health Food Association, with the loving support of the Shanghai Laiyifen Charity Foundation, and the "National Children's Food Safety and Health Protection Action" undertaken by the Zhongcheng Venture Philanthropy Development Promotion Center - "Children's Health" Children's Scientific Snack Care Program It will be held in Beijing.

Since the launch of the “Children’s Food Safety and Health Protection Action”, the China Children’s and Teenagers’ Fund has always adhered to “child-centered and parent education as the goal” and is committed to integrating resources from all walks of life to jointly contribute to children’s food safety and nutrition and health. In 2020, the “National Children’s Food Safety and Health Protection Action” launched the “Child Food and Health” Children’s Scientific Snacks Care Program with the theme of scientific selection of snacks, aiming to develop the science of snacks for children aged 4-12 and their families. Recognition and selection are the main popular science content, and the main goal is to improve the nutrition and health literacy of children and families.

Han Lina, director of the China UNICEF Project Liaison Department, mentioned that high-quality content is the top priority of public welfare education projects, and the support of experts and professional institutions is indispensable. The project implementation will be based on professional high-quality science content to implement education. 

Zhang Xiaoyu, secretary-general of Shanghai Laiyifen Charity Foundation, said that at the beginning of its establishment, Shanghai Laiyifen Charity Foundation put children's health in the most important science popularization strategic plan. In the future, it will take "healthy food for children" as an opportunity , Give full play to its own advantages to help children's snack health education.

At the exchange meeting, Zhang Jiguo, a researcher from the Public Nutrition Office of the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced the outline of the knowledge system of the "Child Food and Health" Children’s Scientific Snacks Care Program, and talked with more than 20 people from food, nutrition and health, and children’s education. Distinguished guests from fields such as, publishing, public welfare, etc. gathered together to have a lively discussion on issues that everyone cares about.

Speaking of parents’ misunderstandings about diet, Li Ning, a nutritionist and associate professor in the Nutrition Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said that it is important to ensure healthy snack choices, but it is also necessary to be careful not to over-correct by worrying too much. To this end, Shen Qun, a professor at the School of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University, and Hu Xiaoqi, former director of the Student Nutrition Office of the Institute of Nutrition and Health, China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, respectively pointed out the necessity of popular science education, especially the development and application for target groups of different ages. Popular science content. Chen Hui, a professor at the School of Literature, Beijing Normal University, put forward four suggestions on better forms of popularization of science, namely: clarify the target readers, formulate a systematic system; extract basic points, key points and points of interest based on children’s books; pay attention to children’s subjects, children’s positions, Children's point of view; make full use of cartoons, stories, and personifications to increase interest and achieve a communication effect

Based on the content of the conference and the insights of the guests, the "Child Food and Health" Children’s Scientific Snacks Care Project will continue to enhance the professionalism of the project, strive to enrich the forms of science popularization, and provide children and families with more scientific, comprehensive and practical science content and Service makes snacks not scary and makes families happier. I hope that more caring institutions and caring people will join the team that cares about children's health, and work with us to contribute to the healthy growth of children.