Infant nutrition

Question 1

What is considered early infancy?

Answer 1

0-6 months

Question 2

What is considered late infancy

Answer 2

6-12 months

Question 3

What is the most critical period in an infants life

Answer 3

first few days to weeks

Question 4

When are mortality and morbidity the highest?

Answer 4

neonatal period

Question 5

Why are there the most problems during the neonatal period?

Answer 5

related to utero or birth related problems

Question 6

What are problems that occur at more than one month of age related to

Answer 6

external environment

Question 7

The ______ the baby, the better the survival chances

Answer 7

bigger

Question 8

What two things are vitally important during the first year of life

Answer 8

nutrition and sanitation

Question 9

Most normal weight babies are ___ lbs at birth

Answer 9

6-9

Question 10

Infants typically lose ____ oz right after birth but will regain by the end of the first week

Answer 10

6-10

Question 11

Infants ____ their birth weight in 4-6 months and ____ birth weight in 12 months

Answer 11

double; triple

Question 12

Infants will increase their length by _____ by 12 months

Answer 12

50%

Question 13

Infants _____ their birth length by 4 years

Answer 13

double

Question 14

At birth, head length is _____ of body length

Answer 14

25%

Question 15

Head grows rapidly through ____ months, reflects brain growth

Answer 15

9-12

Question 16

Infants growth curves are based on _____

Answer 16

genetics

Question 17

When do catch up growth and lag down occur?

Answer 17

first year until child reaches genetic potential

Question 18

What are 4 types of growth curves

Answer 18

weight for age, length for age, weight for length, head circumference for age

Question 19

What can serial measurements of growth be used for?

Answer 19

follow growth of an infant, detect growth abnormalities, monitor nutrition status, evaluate effects of nutritional intervention

Question 20

Term used to describe an infant or child who is failing to maintain growth above the third percentile for weight or height

Answer 20

failure to thrive

Question 21

What is more affected by failure to thrive?

Answer 21

weight

Question 22

What are the potential causes of failure to thrive

Answer 22

diseases, inadequate food intake, disturbances in maternal infant attachment

Question 23

Body water decreases from ____ at birth to ____ at 1 year

Answer 23

70-75%; 60%

Question 24

Why is there a decrease in body water?

Answer 24

reduction of the percentage of extracellular fluid

Question 25

What happens to the percentage of intracellular water?

Answer 25

relatively stable throughout life

Question 26

What percentage of the infant is body fat at birth?

Answer 26

13-15

Question 27

When does fat reach it’s peak of 30%?

Answer 27

6-9 months of age

Question 28

Do males or females have a greater percentage of fat?

Answer 28

females

Question 29

How does the increase of fat compare to the increase of muscle in an infant?

Answer 29

increase in fat is more than twice as great

Question 30

LBM=

Answer 30

lean body mass

Question 31

between 6 and 36 months, what makes the greatest contribution in weight gain?

Answer 31

LBM