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Healthy Nutrition during Childhood

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mshkFBkJbqY/UrHZYFR25vI/AAAAAAAAAE0/aVf4jmkyTWQ/s1600/IMG_5096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Healthy Nutrition during Childhood " border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mshkFBkJbqY/UrHZYFR25vI/AAAAAAAAAE0/aVf4jmkyTWQ/s320/IMG_5096.JPG" title="Healthy Nutrition during Childhood " width="320"/></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Healthy Nutrition during Childhood </b></div><div class="MsoNormal">The quality and quantity of food the child eats greatly affect its whole being, physically and mentally. Childhood is a stage in life where rapid growth and development takes place. Children should be given sufficient food to grow and build their body, to give them plenty of energy for play and to keep them away from infection.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">How is good eating habit established in childhood?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Energy and Nutrients Needs </b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Children’ appetite begins to diminish around one year, consistent with the slowing of growth. Thereafter, children spontaneously vary their food intake to coincide with their growth potential patterns. They are demand more food during periods of rapid growth than during slow periods. However, steady growth during childhood implies gradually increasing needs of all nutrients. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Children should be given a balanced meal, which contains carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals and water.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RECOMMENDED FOOD</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">              </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NUTRIENTS</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                        </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FOOD SAMPLES</b> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I</b>. Energy-giving Food<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;">                                    </span>Carbohydrates<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">             </span>Rice, corn, kamote, potato, </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;">                                                            </span>Fats<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;">                             </span>margarine, cooking oil,</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 8;">                                                                                                </span>Noodles</div><div class="MsoNormal">II. Body building Food<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                      </span>Protein<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;">                         </span>Meat, fish, poultry, milk, egg,<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;">                                     </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;">                                                            </span>beans</div><div class="MsoNormal">III. Body regulating food<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                   </span>Vitamins<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                      </span>Green, leafy and yellow </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;">                                                            </span>Minerals<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                      </span>vegetables fruits</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;">                                                            </span>Water</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Children’s energy needs vary widely, depending on their physical activity. Inactive children can become obese even when they eat less food than the average. They should learn how to enjoy physical play and exercise.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Healthy Nutrition during Childhood

Healthy Nutrition during Childhood The quality and quantity of food the child eats greatly affect its whole being, physically and mental...

Baby Providing Proper Nutrition

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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Baby Providing Proper Nutrition</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A child embarks on an eating journey the day it is born. This journey presents new experiences, challenges and opportunities throughout life. Positive, healthy feeding experiences from the start set children on the right path.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">What should a child eat to each to achieve optimum health?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nutrition Needs</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">From birth, for the first few months of life, the child’s total nutritional needs are met through are met through the mother’s milk, if the mother is in normal health.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Breast milk is the most complete, nutritionally adequate, pure, safe, clean and satisfying food for the baby.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">After about 4 months, however, breast milk is no longer adequate to meet the baby’s requirements in full. The child must be introduced to semi-solid and then solid feeds gradually. However, it may continue to be breast fed for as long as possible, though it may get less of its nutritional requirements from breast feeding.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Quantity</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">By the age of one, the child needs aout 1,200 calories a day or nearly half of what adult requires. From then on, the child needs roughly an additional 100 calories every year, and by about the age of 12 may be eating a full diet.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Yet, the child cannot consume large amount of food at one sitting. So the young child needs to be fed 5 to 6 times a day to meets its daily requirements. This means that it may eat 3 meals. Frequency is very important in a young child’s diet.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Quality </b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Children Cannot eat all the kinds of food adults eat until they are 5 or 6 years old. Some dishes may be to heavy, too rich, or too spicy, or cooked in a manner that are difficult to digest. So, children’s food should be specially prepared. It should be tasty but not spicy, and easy to chew and shallow. At the same time, children should not be reared on soft foods alone. They need plenty of hard things to chew on, to develop strong and clean teeth.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Energy and Nutrient Needs</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">An infant grows faster during the first year than in the later years. Growth directly reflects nutrients intake and is an important parameter in assessing the nutrition status of infants and the children. Health care professionals measure the height and weight of infants and children at intervals and compare measures. A healthy infant’s birth weight doubles at about 4 months of age and triples the time it is one year old, typically reaching 9 to 11 kg. by the end of the fist year infant growth slows considerably; an infant gains less than 4.5 kg during the second year.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vitamins, Minerals, and Water </b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Vitamins and mineral recommendations are based on the contents of human milk. Water is an important nutrient for infants and for everyone. The younger the infant, the greater the percentage of body weight that is present as fluids between the cells and in the vascular space-fluids outside the cells that are easy to lose.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Breast milk or infant formula normally provides enough water to replace a healthy infant’s fluid losses, but an infant who is exposed to hot weather, has diarrhea or vomits repeatedly needs supplemental water to prevent life-threatening dehydration.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Baby Providing Proper Nutrition

Baby Providing Proper Nutrition A child embarks on an eating journey the day it is born. This journey presents new experiences, challeng...

Baby Sleep Bathing and Massage

Ritche 0 Health Care 1:02 PM

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<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-leVIewb8Afo/UqY7S22k3tI/AAAAAAAAAEY/P49KO9mQCy4/s1600/Baby+Sleep+Bathing+and+Massage.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Baby Sleep Bathing and Massage" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-leVIewb8Afo/UqY7S22k3tI/AAAAAAAAAEY/P49KO9mQCy4/s1600/Baby+Sleep+Bathing+and+Massage.png" title="Baby Sleep Bathing and Massage" /></a></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Baby Sleep Bathing and Massage</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A newborn infant spends about 23 hours sleeping. As the baby grows, it spends more and more time awake. At one year of age, a child may require naps during the day, besides 10-12 hours of sleep at night. By two years of age, the child may require only one nap in the afternoon. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">There is a great variation among children; some may need more sleep and some less. No rule should be forced on all children It is necessary to judge when child is sleepy, when he or she has had enough, and when he pr she does not wish to sleep. If one child is awake, when all others are sleeping, he or she be given some quite activity or a toy to play with close supervision.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sleep and Wakefulness</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sleep is a precious commodity both for the baby and for the mother. Both quantity and quality of sleep are important. Sleep affects every aspects of our lives, and understanding what happens when sleep is the first step in helping the baby develop healthy sleeping habits that will benefit the whole family.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bathing the Baby</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Before the baby’s bath:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Close      the window before the baby’s bath on cold or chilly weather</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">In the      absence of a bathing table or bed a clean mat spread on a clean floor      would serve the purpose.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Collect      all the needed materials. Put the basin half full with lukewarm water in      front of you with soap, face towel, and cotton balls placed on your right.      Likewise, arrange the baby’s clothes, diaper, baby powder, and the other      things you will need after bathing on your left. The following list is a      reminder of the things you will need when bathing the baby.</li>
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</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Bathing      table or mat</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Big      basin</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Soap</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Face      Towel</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Bath      Towel or substitute</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Lukewarm      water</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Cotton      Balls</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Clean      Clothing</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Diaper</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">Baby      powder </li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Infant Massage</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Gentle Touch given to babies sibifies love and affection. Babies will be calmed and comforted by the soothing strokes of your hand, which relief anxiety and convey the massage of security.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">To begin a massage, choose a quite, choose a quite, comfortable warm spot and rub oil on your hands so they will glide smoothly touching the baby baby’s skin. Then try the following routine:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Face</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Because they naturally do so much sucking, infants can carry a lot of tension around the mouth jaw. Make small circles on and around the jawbone with your fingertips to help relieve some of that discomfort. The baby’s mouth may drop open in response.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Arms</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Grasp the baby’s arm with both hands, one above the other. Twist hands back and forth in opposite directions and squeeze as you work them toward the wrist. (this should be done with the arm straight; if the baby is not ready to uncurl its arms yet, do not force them.)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Back</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Place baby on its stomach and turn its head to the side. Put your left hand on its bottom, and with your left hand on its bottom, and with your right hand make a sweeping motion down from the top of its back to meet your left hand. Repeat so that you cover the entire back.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Legs and Feet</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Wrap on hand around baby’s thigh and the other around its ankle. Gently squeeze as you slide the thigh hand up to the ankle. Move the ankle hand down to the thigh, and repeat. With your thumb, push on the bottom of the baby’s foot following an invinsible line from the heel to the toe.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stomach and Chest</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Using you fingertips, walk across the baby’s tummy from left to right. This technique is one of several that help ease gas; you even fell the bubbles releasing under your fingers.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">To massage the baby’s chest, place your hands at the center. In a heart shaped motion, move each hand out to the side of baby’s chest, down the rib cage, and then back to the starting position.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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