FCSE 3120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Gastrointestinal Disease, Prenatal Care, Malnutrition
1 May 2018
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Chapter 10
Providing Quality Nutrition, and
Creating a Healthy and Safe Environment
Promoting Good Nutrition
• There has been an increased emphasis on young children receiving the best nutrition.
• Think about how inadequate nutrition during infancy would the child’s health and brain
function.
• When children are poorly nourished (even for short periods) they are apt to be less alert
and prone to accidents/injuries.
• Malnutrition or malnourishment is very harmful when children are growing quickly.
• As much as 25% of young children’s calories are devoted to growing.
• Assess to food is an issue for 16% of all households with children under 6 years
• 1 in 6 people in the US face hunger
• 49 million Americans struggle to food on the table.
• This translates to children to 1 in 5 children is at risk for hunger
• In African-American and Latino families it is reduced to 1 in 3.
Promoting Good Nutrition
• A comprehensive approach to nutrition, health and safety services in an early childhood
programs require you to:
o Provide nutritious meals and snacks
o Make sure the environment for children’s care and education is healthy and safe
o Educate children, staff and families on the importance health, safety and nutrition.
This includes emphasizing the importance of prenatal care and nutrition as
appropriate.
o To further complicate the topic of good nutrition and childhood hunger. There is
an epidemic in this country – Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Obesity’s Lifelong Implications
• Increased risk of hypertension and diabetes
• Increased cardio-vascular and digestive disease (gall bladder)
• Increased risk of sleep apnea and other conditions
• Almost 32% of US children are overweight (at or above the 85th percentile of height-to-
weight)
• 11% of US children are obese (at or above the 95th percentile of height-to-weight)
Provide Nutritious Meal and Snacks
• To further complicate the topic of good nutrition and childhood hunger. There is an
epidemic in this country – Childhood Obesity Epidemic
• Food served in childcare often provides most children’s daily nutrition.
• Children under 6 should be offered food every 2-3 hours
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Document Summary
In african-american and latino families it is reduced to 1 in 3. This includes emphasizing the importance of prenatal care and nutrition as appropriate: to further complicate the topic of good nutrition and childhood hunger. There is an epidemic in this country childhood obesity epidemic. Increased risk of sleep apnea and other conditions: almost 32% of us children are overweight (at or above the 85th percentile of height-to- weight, 11% of us children are obese (at or above the 95th percentile of height-to-weight) Provide nutritious meal and snacks: to further complicate the topic of good nutrition and childhood hunger. Breast feed babies should not be fed formula without prior permission: wash your hands before feeding, getting bottles and utensils & of course after. Most programs warm the formula using warm tap water or small crock pot. We do not have the formula or breast milk meet direct heat.
