As a parent, you take onus to ensure your child gets adequate nutrition through a healthy diet. 

What do you mean by healthy drinks?

Health drinks are those that contain essential nutrients to supplement their dietary requirements.

Given below are options suggested for your kids to get required nutrients and grow healthy:

• Milk
  Milk is one of the healthiest drinks it contains nutrients important for bone health sch as calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D, and protein. Child may find it monotonous and boring to drink daily milk. You can try something innovative and interesting flavoured milk at home which they may like.

• Fresh fruits and vegetable juice
  Buy a handful of fresh fruits and vegetables from the market and prepare healthy juices at home. For example, orange juice, apple juice, etc. If your child is above normal weight for age, choose low-fat milk and limit sugar intake to help them in weight management. 

• Smoothies or shakes
  Children enjoy and loe to drink smoothies or shakes. To ensure that it's healthy, add fresh fruits and prepare milk shakes like banana shake, mango shake, mixed fruit shake, etc.

• Coconut water
  Cool coconut water is rich in Vitamin C, Calcium, Potassium, and Magnesium. It is a refreshing drink for kids in summer and is energizing at the same time. 

• Supplementary Drinks
  PediaSure is a scientifically tested, doctor recommended healthy drink for 2 to 6 year old child. It has 37 nutrients that helps to build immunity and help get Visible growth in 90 days.  Health drinks such as PediaSure is recommended to be taken in milk, 2 scoops per glass of milk, 2 times a day. To get full growth potential it is recommended to give health drink like PediaSure everyday. It is available in different flavors vanilla and chocolate.

Thus, health drinks with a pinch of flavor along with regular diet and physical activity can be help in overall growth and development of child during the crucial growth years 2 to 6 years. 

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