Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- With the advent of winter, noted physician Abdul Kadir urged the parents to remain in high alert about seasonal diarrhoea.

He advised avoiding outside food to protect their children from diarrhoea during the winter as the prevalence of various viruses and bacteria increases during this season, reports BSS.

Dr Abdul Kadir, an associate professor of the Department of Paediatrics at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), said that the outside food carries a high risk of contamination during the winter, which is very harmful for children.

Instead, children can be given their preferred homemade foods prepared in a clean and hygienic way, he said.

"Provide children with soft and easily digestible homemade foods such as rice...