Nutrition Problems Flashcards
Defined as weight above the 95th percentile in relation to height, sex and body fluid
Obesity
Infantile obesity is secondary to excessive intake of food
Obesity
Poor infant feeding practices and misuse of solid foods such as introducing them too soon contribute to overfeeding
Obesity
If given sugar-sweetened beverages or fruit juice in a bottle at bedtime is susceptible to a pattern of tooth decay that involves the upper anterior and sometimes the lower posterior teeth.
Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
Infants should be burped and put to bed without milk, juice or food
Baby Bottle Tooth Decay
Defined as severe abdominal pain in infants
Colic
Food allergy or intolerance is one of the causes
of colic
Colic
It can be resolved by a change to a
hypoallergenic formula
Colic
In breast-fed infants, eliminating milk,
cruciferous vegetables, onions and chocolate in the mother’s diet may help prevent colic
Colic
An infant weighing less than 2500 grams
Low Birth Weight Infant
Premature and LBW infant did not have a
chance to fully develop
Low Birth Weight Infant
They have a variety of medical problems
in the early neonatal period
Low Birth Weight Infant
Can be susceptible to infection,
respiratory problems, cord infections
Low Birth Weight Infant
