NFS 143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dietary Reference Intake, Infant Formula

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Nutrition and Food Sciences
• Course: NFS 143
• Professor: Farryl Mac Kenna Bertmann

Document Summary

Objectives: compare growth differences between breastfed and formula fed infants, describe the impact of early diet on later development of obesity, diabetes, and allergies, discuss adequate intake of key nutrients, describe caregiver behaviors. Adequate growth in infancy: development of growth charts. The nutritional status: plotting health and weight on growth charts. Most important influences on growth potential: economic, nutritional, environmental. Infantile colic: uncontrolled crying or fussing in an otherwise healthy and well-nourished infant. The crying and fussing behavior can be described by the rule of 3"s : starts at 3 weeks of age. There is more than 3 hours of crying. This continues on for more than 3 weeks.