Nutrition in Infancy, Childhood and Youth
A Chapter in Core Concepts of Pediatrics, 2nd Edition
Contents
Nutrition in Infancy, Childhood and Youth
Nutrition in Infancy, Childhood and Youth: Foundations for Life
Goals & Objectives
Good Nutrition
GOOD NUTRITION
Age Variations
Dietary Guides
Good Nutrition: Clinical Challenge
GOOD NUTRITION
CLINICAL CHALLENGE GROWTH CHARTS
Growth Charts
Good Nutrition
GOOD NUTRITION
CALORIC NEEDS
Good Nutrition: Clinical Challenge
CLINICAL CHALLENGE
How is energy expenditure determined?
Estimated Energy Requirements Based Upon Age and Weight
Milk: Economic Benefits
MILK
Who Breastfeeds?
Advantages of Human Milk
Economic Benefit
How Much Milk?
Clinical Exercise:
Advising Families
Topping Off
Avoid Topping Off:
Hidden costs to bottle-feeding
Take the Cost Challenge
Iron
IRON
WIC and Iron
Bones: Calcium and Exercise
BONES: CALCIUM AND EXERCISE
How much calcium does a child need?
How do children get calcium in their diets?
Clinical Challenges
Bones: Prematurity
BONES: CALCIUM AND EXERCISE
Prematurity: Risk for Poor Bone Growth
Vitamins
VITAMINS
Vegetarian, Lacto-ovo and Vegan Diets
VEGETARIAN, LACTO-OVO, AND VEGAN DIETS
Failure to Thrive
FAILURE TO THRIVE (FTT)
Organic FTT
Non-organic FTT
Failure to Thrive
FAILURE TO THRIVE
Age-specific
Newborns
Older Infants
Toddlers
Other contributors
Failure to Thrive
FAILURE TO THRIVE
Evaluation
Failure to Thrive: Clinical Challenge
FAILURE TO THRIVE
Clinical Challenge
Obesity
OBESITY
Increasing rates
Sequelae
What are the risks to a child for being overweight?
BMI
Obesity: BMI Clinical Challenge
BMI Exercise
Obesity: Intervention
OBESITY
Intervention
Management of Overweight in Children
Conclusion
CONCLUSION
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