Question

3. Summarize the nutrient needs during childhood. Explain how these nutrient needs and a child's appetite reflect their stage of growth. Why is iron deficiency and obesity often concerns during childhood?

4. Describe some of the challenges in meeting the nutrient needs of adolescents. What food choices and health habits create nutritional challenges for this group?

Answer 1

3. Like energy needs, a child's needs for protein, vitamins and minerals increase with age. Ideally, children should be accumulating stores of nutrients in preparation for the rapid growth spurt experienced during adolescence. Appropriate weight gain and development will indicate whether food intake is appropriate.

The nine nutrients that every child should be getting on a daily basis:

• Protein. Protein helps a child's body build cells, break down food into energy, fight infection, and carry
• Carbohydrates
• Fats
• Calcium
• Iron
• Folate

Nutrition is important at every age. Your children need proper nutrients stay healthy and strong, and grow up healthy and strong. Nutrition for children can also help establish a foundation for healthy eating habits andnutritional knowledge that your child can apply throughout life.

Iron is a nutrient that's essential to your child's growth and development, but some kids don't have enough. Iron deficiency in children can affect development and lead to anemia. In children iron deficiency develops slowly and produces few acute symptoms. As the deficiency worsens childrenbecome pale and weak, eat less, and tire easily. They gain weight poorly, have frequent respiratory and intestinal infections, and may develop pica.