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Nutrition for Young Children Meat and Beans Group. Background information for trainers. Nutrition for Young Children. This tutorial is intended for trainers to provide detailed background information about nutrients in the meat and beans group . .

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  1. Nutrition for Young Children Meat and Beans Group Background information for trainers

  2. Nutrition for Young Children This tutorial is intended for trainers to provide detailed background information about nutrients in the meat and beans group. The project was supported by the National Research Initiative of the USDA National Research Initiative Grant # 2006-55215-16726

  3. Objectives The learner will be able to: • Describe appropriate communication for young children. • Describe the nutrients in the meat and beans group. • Describe the benefits of the nutrients in the meat and beans group for the body. • Recognize the recommended intake of meat and beans for young children. • Know where to find foods in the meat and beans group. • Understand ways to select foods from the meat and beans group. • Identify foods from the meat and beans group that are vegetarian.

  4. How to communicate information about nutrition?

  5. Appropriate Communication with Children Concrete vs. Abstract • Give children information appropriate to their cognitive developmental stage!

  6. Child Appropriate Phrases • Appropriate nutrition information for young children is concrete! Describe what nutrients do for the body!

  7. Meat and Beans

  8. Protein Build and Repair Tissues Growth

  9. Meat and Beans Help children grow!

  10. Meat and Beans Help children build muscles!

  11. Meat and Beans Help children jump high!

  12. Meat and Beans Help children move!

  13. Iron Hemoglobin Iron oxygen

  14. Iron Iron Iron

  15. Meat and Beans Help children learn!

  16. Protein Recommendations

  17. Protein in Food 1 cup milk ≈ 8 grams protein 8 oz milk = 1 cup milk

  18. Protein in Food 1 egg ≈ 6 grams protein

  19. Protein in Food 1 oz. meat ≈ 7 grams protein 1/2 small chicken breast = 3 oz meat

  20. Protein in Food Child (3yr) Needs: 16 grams/day 14 grams 1 cup milk ≈ 8 g. protein & 1 egg ≈ 6 g. protein

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