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Toddler and Preschooler Nutrition

Toddler and Preschooler Nutrition. Key Nutrition Concepts. Children continue to grow and develop physically, cognitively, and emotionally during the toddler and preschool age years Learning to enjoy new foods and developing feeding skills are important components. Key Nutrition Concepts.

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Toddler and Preschooler Nutrition

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  1. Toddler and Preschooler Nutrition

  2. Key Nutrition Concepts • Children continue to grow and develop physically, cognitively, and emotionally during the toddler and preschool age years • Learning to enjoy new foods and developing feeding skills are important components

  3. Key Nutrition Concepts • Children have an innate ability to self-regulate food intake. • Parents and caretakers have tremendous influence

  4. Definitions of the Life Cycle Stage • Toddlers—children between the ages of 1 and 3 years • Preschool age children—between 3 and 5 years of age

  5. Tracking Toddler and Preschooler Health • Importance of nutrition status • Disparity of nutrition status among racial and ethnic groups • Healthy People 2010

  6. Normal Growth and Development • The 2000 CDC Growth Charts • body mass index (BMI) • Common problems with measuring and plotting growth data

  7. Physiological and Cognitive Development: Toddlers • Cognitive development • Development of feeding skills • Feeding behaviors • Appetite and food intake

  8. Physiological and Cognitive Development: Preschoolers • Cognitive development • Development of feeding skills • Feeding behaviors • Innate ability to control energy intake • Appetite and food intake

  9. Other Factors • Temperament differences • 40% easy, 10% difficult, 15% slow-to-warm-up • Food preference development, appetite, and satiety • appetite and satiety

  10. Energy and Nutrient Needs • Energy needs • Protein • Vitamins and minerals

  11. Common Nutrition Problems • Iron-deficiency anemia • preventing iron deficiency • nutrition intervention for iron-deficiency anemia • Dental caries • fluoride • Constipation • Lead poisoning

  12. Food security • Food safety

  13. Prevention of Nutrition-Related Disorders • Overweight and obesity • Prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity • Nutrition and prevention of cardiovascular disease • Vitamin and mineral supplements • Herbal supplements

  14. Dietary and Physical Activity Recommendations • Dietary guidelines • Food Guide Pyramid developed by the USDA for young children

  15. Recommendations for Intake • Iron • Fiber • Fat • Calcium • Fluids • Recommended vs. actual food intake

  16. Other Concerns • Cross-cultural considerations • Vegetarian diets • vegan and macrobiotic diet children tend to have lower growth rates but remain within normal ranges • Child-care nutrition standards • Physical activity recommendations

  17. Nutrition Intervention for Risk Reduction • Model program • Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition • Public food and nutrition programs • WIC • WIC’s Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program • Head Start and Early Head Start • Food Stamps

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