Nutrition Flashcards
Infants recommended nutritional source
Breastmilk is the recommended nutritional source
Define Weaning
Term used when infants stop breastfeeding or bottle feeding and start taking liquids by cup
Food Security
Access at all times to enough nourishment for a healthy active life
Food insecurity
Inability to acquire or consume adequate quality or quantity of foods in socially acceptable ways
Childhood Hunger
Leading cause of childhood hunger is poverty
PICA
Eating disorder characterized by ingestion of nonfood items
Failure to thrive
Decelerated or arrested physical growth and is associated with abnormal growth and development
Enteral Therapy
Form of nutritional support provided when a child cannot take in enough food orally to sustain health
Total Parenteral Nutrition
Bypass the GI tract and provides calories and nutrition directly into the circulatory system
