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At risk nutrients during pregnancy
Sodium, Iron, Folate
Growth Chart
Evaluate how growth is changing over time
Guidelines for developing good dietary health in children
Be smart gatekeeper, provide nutritious foods, limit sweets, avoid using sweets as a reward, and offer variety of foods, serve regular meals and snacks, set a good example, do not frown at new or disliked foods (children will model after your behavior), teach good manners, allow children …
How to handle picky eaters and food jags.
Avoid using sweets as a reward. Introduce them to something new.
Prenatal risk factors
Pica Practice (ingestion of nonfood substances that have little or no nutritional value), Weight status (underweight with a BMI less than 19.8 or overweight with a BMI greater than 26), Race
Risk factors of poor pregnancy outcomes
Adolescence, Many previous pregnancies, short intervals between pregnancies, history of poor outcomes, multiple births, malnutrition, poverty, substance abuse, food intolerances and food faddisms
Common problems during pregnancy
Nausea, vomiting, constipation, and heartburn
Overweight:
Children between the 85th and 95th percentile on the CDC growth charts
Obese:
Children equal to or over the 95th percentile on the CDC growth charts
Males Peak growth at age...
14
Risk Factors of malnutrition
Affect linear growth, brain development, and bone acquisition.
Factors that may influence food habits
Meal regularity, Food choices, personal values and beliefs about health, personal goals, Dieting and body image, disordered eating, peer pressure, media and advertising, schedule, finances, and family dynamics and environment.
Females peak growth at age…
12
During pregnancy in the 1st trimester women tend to gain...
2 to 4 pounds
During pregnancy in the 2nd and 3rd trimester women tend to...
steadily gain 1 pound a week
Nutritional needs during pregnancy
Protein, Vitamin B12, calcium, sodium, iron, and folate
The hardest to meet the needs for during pregnancy
Iron
Lack of folate during pregnancy leads to...
Spina Bifida (Neural tube defects)
Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for...
the first 6 months of life
Nutrient needs of a mother who is breastfeeding
Plenty of rest, daily exercise, no smoking, discourage alcohol consumption, limit caffeine consumption
Benefits for Mother/Baby of Breastfeeding
More convenient, costs less than formula, less milk waste, better for the environment, uses fat stored during pregnancy, releases oxytocin, promotes maternal infant bonding
At birth, total body water is approx. ___ of body weight
70%
Whole milk should not be introduced until...
after the first year of life
Determining how much to feed an infant
Respond to infant's satiety cues and monitor growth
When to introduce solids
Full-term infant between 4-6 months (around 15 pounds)
Most important indicator of an infant's future health
Birthweight
Growth over time
Growth over time
Growth expectations from birth to 1 year
Triple birth weight and double birth length
Food refusal
stops accepting a particular food
Food rituals
finds comfort in familiar
Food jags
eats only certain foods
Factors contributing to weight status
Energy imbalance, excess consumption of calories (especially simple sugars), inadequate physical activity, and genetics
Environmental factors contributing to weight status
Culture, socioeconomic status, care providers, consumption of convenience and fast foods, time spent in sedentary activities, parenting styles
Influences on eating habits for adolescents
Meal regularity, food choices, personal values on health, personal goals (sports), scholastic competitiveness, extracurricular demands, dieting and body image, disordered eating, peer pressure, media, schedule, money and family
Common nutrients at risk during adolescence
Calcium, iron, vitamin d, folic acid
Ageism
Prejudice against older people; beliefs that aging makes people senile, unattractive, asexual, weak and useless
The largest growing segment in the population is those aged...
85 years and older
D.E.T.E.R.M.I.N.E.
Disease Eating poorly Tooth loss - mouth pain Economic hardship Reduced social contact Multiple medicines Involuntary weight loss or gain Needs assistance in self-care Elder years above 80
Health problems are more likely to occur when intakes are...
1500 calories per day or less
Reasons for decrease in energy requirements
Metabolic rate decreases, loss of lean body tissue, decline in number of active cells in each organ, decline in hormone activity, and less physical activity
Nutrition concerns in the older adult
Dehydration, constipation, malnutrition, failure to thrive, dementia, dysphagia (difficulty chewing/swallowing), social withdrawal, decreased physical ability to function
Reasons people are living longer
Improvement in disease prevention, advances in health care technology
Head circumference is normally measured until 36 months. It is closely related to...
brain size and linear growth (cognitive and physical development)
Factors affecting growth of young children
Infectious diseases, chronic illness, parasites, food of poor quality, poor sanitation, limited availability of food, poverty, food withheld from the child, lack of knowledge of childhood nutrition, poor social interaction and emotional support from parents/care provider
Calorie intake during the 1st trimester of pregnancy
No additional calories
Calorie intake during the 2nd trimester of pregnancy
340 additional calories
Calorie intake during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy
450 additional calories
DRI's for elderly men
Males need 3067 calories and 0.8 gms/kg of protein a day
DRI's for elderly women
Females need 2403 calories and 0.8 gms/kg of protein a day
Infant nutrition at 0-6 months
108 cal/kg/day, 2.2 gm/kg/day (proteins)
Infant nutrition at 6-12 months
98 kcal/kg/day, 1.6 gm/kg/day (proteins)
Infant nutrition at 1-3 years
102 kcal/kg/day, 1.2 gm/kg/day (proteins)
1st trimester of pregnancy
0-13 weeks
2nd trimester of pregnancy
13-26 weeks
3rd trimester of pregnancy
26-40 weeks
Recommended weight gain during pregnancy with a BMI of <18.5
28-40 pounds
Recommended weight gain during pregnancy with a BMI of 18.5-24.9
25-35 pounds
Recommended weight gain during pregnancy with a BMI of 25-29.9
15-25 pounds
Recommended weight gain during pregnancy with a BMI of >30.0
11-20 pounds
Critical growth period of most organs occur from...
week 2 to week 8 (or the embryonic period)
The basal metabolic rate increases about ___ in the latter half of pregnancy
15%
The amount of oxygen used during pregnancy is approx. ____ above non-pregnant levels
20%
Cardiac output increases appox. 40% reaching its max at
20 to 24 weeks
Critical period of growth and development are...
times of intense development and rapid cell division.
Each organ and tissue is most vulnerable to adverse influences during its...
own critical period

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