Healthy breakfast - the key to balanced nutrition

A healthy, nutritious breakfast should contain high-quality protein, carbohydrates, fruit and vegetables, and should be cooked healthily, but too many Chinese fail to eat this kind of a meal, an expert said at the kickoff for the 2016 China Nutrition Communication Conference and Amway Nutrilite Nutrition China charity campaign, which runs through November and will comprise nutrition education events in cities all over China.

The ceremony, held in Beijing on Oct 25, featured a forum on nutrition education, and was attended by top nutritionists, including Yang Yuexin, the director-general of the Chinese Nutrition Society, and Ding Gangqiang, the director of the National Institute for Nutrition and Health, under the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

"A balanced diet means the nutrition of three meals in a day should be balanced, and breakfast is very important to achieve that goal," says Ding.