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... As the parent, your job is to provide the right materials for the child to grow. ... Nutrition During Pregnancy plays a very big role in determining the health of the newborn child. ... Baby Nutrition Breastfeeding For the baby, mothers milk provides the best food to grow on. ... Infant Nutrition Children must consume sufficient high-quality protein, vitamins, minerals and energy in their diets if adequate growth is to occur. Many factors determine a childs needs for nutrients: · body size · physical activity · illness or injury Although a child experiences growth spurts during the preschool years, the most significant periods of growth occur in infancy and adolescence. ... Therefore, every meal and snack is an opportunity to meet the special nutritional needs of the preschool child. ... It is important for a child to eat enough calories, or the childs body will use needed protein and fat stores for energy. ... If a child skips a meal, not enough calories or other nutrients will be eaten for that day. ... The needs of individual children will vary with the amount of exercise that child gets. ... Every child eats more on some days than others do. ... The caregiver should neither coerce a child to eat nor withhold food. Simply offer healthful food to the child and let the child decide how much of that food to eat. A child may choose not to eat the foods offered for many reasons. Perhaps the child is not hungry or is not feeling well. The child may have an aversion for the food served, or perhaps other happenings in the dining area distract the child from eating. ... In this last case, the child is less likely to continue refusing foods as long as the caregiver makes no issue of the behavior. ... If this happens put a cup of water alongside the milk so that the child will be encouraged to quench her thirst without satisfying her appetite. ... It is a good policy to offer small servings and allow the child to ask for seconds. Always keep in mind that that child only knows the amount needed to satisfy a child’s appetite. Teenager Nutrition The nutritional needs of a teenager vary with their growth.
Approximate Word count = 2105
Approximate Pages = 8.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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