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People’s nutritional condition is closely related to their body shape, energy, psychology, reproductive capacity, quality of life, lifespan and illness. Reasonable nutrition originates from a reasonable diet that is a comprehensive, balanced and adequate diet, which will be the basic requirement for improved nutrition in the new century.

For the groups of people involved in different fitness, there are different characteristics in need of nutrition, which should be satisfied through higher dietary improvements.

Childhood is a period of strong growth and development, which involves more activities, higher calories consumed in basal metabolism and muscle activity, and higher standard of various nutrients. People are most concerned above the height of the next generation. According to the WHO standards, china has lagged far behind in respect of the growth and development of pre-school children, which does not match ours national conditions. Thisonal balance, mental health, regular exercise and proper living and socio-cultural environment of our children. At the same time, some issues like childhood obesity and nutrition deficiency that people are equally concerned about also need to be resolved by nutritional means.

As the backbones of the 21st and national future competitiveness, the primary and secondary students are experiencing the critical period in physical and mental development, to which the nation has been given high importance. However, there remains a lot of problems in the growth and development and the dietary intake of our primary and secondary school students. Such problems stem from the imbalance in uptakingup taking heat and nutrients, unreasonable dietary structure, adverse dietary behavior and lack of nutrition knowledge. It will be an important task in the 21st century to initiate dietary intervention in primary and secondary students.

People born in the early 20th century (1900) just hope to live to the average age of 45 years old of the contemporaries. However, today’s average life expectancy has increased to 68 years old, which will further raise to 73 years old in 2025. This means the number of people over the age of 65 will rise from the current 390 million to 800 million in 2025. How to improve fitness and quality of life of the older people remains an important issue in the ageing society, in which nutrition will also play a vital role. As reasonable nutrition stems from reasonable diet, in the 21st century, we advocate a comprehensive, balanced, adequate diet.