Ch 12 Physical Growth

Question 1

Children’s growth is very different from everybody

I was a child’s pattern of growth compared with?

Answer 1

A percentile growth chart derived from measurements of large numbers of children throughout the growth years

Question 2

What are the growth chart curves/ages for a boys and girls that were breast-fed and formula fed?

Answer 2

Birth to three years

Question 3

What are the nutrition assessments for measuring childhood physical growth?

Answer 3

Anthropometry
Clinical signs
Laboratory tests
Nutritional analysis

Question 4

What Does the growth chart measure

Answer 4

Weight for age 
Length for age 
Weight for length 
(BMI) 
Head circumference for age

Question 5

What nutrition should the full term infant consume?

How long can you breast-feed for?

Answer 5

Breastmilk or infant formula

The first 12 months

Question 6

What injection are infants given shortly after birth?

Answer 6

Vitamin k

Question 7

What vitamin might breast-fed infants need?

Answer 7

Vitamin d

Question 8

How old can Infants be after they start eating cereal’s

Answer 8

6 to 7 months

Question 9

Core psychosocial development task during infancy is what?

Answer 9

To develop trust of others

Question 10

What is the infants primary means of establishing human relationships?

Answer 10

Feeding

Question 11

Toward the end of the prenatal period the breasts secrete what?

Answer 11

A yellowish fluid called Colostrum

Question 12

What hormone produces breast milk

Answer 12

Prolactin and Oxytocin

Question 13

Special formulas of milk have been developed for infants with what

Answer 13

Allergies , lactose intolerance, diarrhea, fat, other problems

Question 14

What concern do people have with feeding their babies so way protein-based formula for vegetarian diets?

Answer 14

Concern related to estrogen like effects of soy

Question 15

What should you do with any remaining formula?

Answer 15

Remaining formula should be thrown away and not refrigerated for reuse

Question 16

What fluids can be used for bottlefeeding?

Answer 16

Water and infant formula

Question 17

Why is regular unmodified cows milk not suitable for infants?

Answer 17

It causes gastrointestinal bleeding

It’s too concentrated for the renal system to handle

It increases the risk of developing allergies to milk proteins

It adversely affects nutritional status of vitamin such as iron, vitamin C, vitamin E, essential fatty acid’s, energy

Question 18

What should you read premature babies?

Answer 18

These inventions be done breastmilk fortified with additional protein and vitamins and minerals

Question 19

If you decide to feed your premature baby formulas how much more nutrients /vitamins should be in there?

Answer 19

30% more protein, higher amounts of calcium, zinc, and the B complex vitamins

Question 20

Nutrition support for a premature high-risk infant requires a team of approach of who?

Answer 20

Pediatrician
Nurse
Dietitian
Lactation consultant

Question 21

Beikost means what?

Answer 21

The transition of predominately liquid diet to a predominately solid food diet

Question 22

Introduce single foods how many days apart when starting on a solid food diet?

Why wait ?

Answer 22

5 to 7 days apart

To help identify adverse reactions

Question 23

What to foods should you avoid feeding an infant?

Answer 23

Honey

Fruit juices

Question 24

What to basic principles should guide the feeding process to an infant?

Answer 24

Nutrients are needed, not specific foods

Food is the main basis of early learning