Review for Nutrition, Feeding, and Breastfeeding vs. Bottle

Food Guide Pyramid 6 oz 2 ½ cups 2cups 3 cups 5 ½ oz

Serving Size For children 5 and under one serving is calculated as 1 tablespoon per age in years. Example a 4 year old should have 4 tablespoons of applesauce to count as a serving of fruit.

What Food When 1. Iron-Fortified Cereal (ROB) 2. Strained Vegetables 3. Strained Fruits 4. Strained Meats 5. Finely Chopped Table Foods

Advantages of Breastmilk Highly Nutritious Low in Costs Gives Antibodies to fight infections May raise IQ May help prevent obesity Convenient Easily digested Bonding What else?

Advantages of Formula Either parent of caregiver can feed baby Can have a flexible schedule, parent can leave if needed Made to have many nutrients, vitamins not needed

Unsafe Foods for Under One Year old Honey Peanut-butter Cows-milk Egg Whites Raw seafood Shellfish

Foods that can cause choking Foods to Avoid Hot Dogs Nuts Seeds Grapes Chunks of cheese Raw vegetables Popcorn Hard candy Sticky candy Chunks of peanut butter Chewing gum Chunks of fruit

Weight By age one a child’s weight has increased three times and it’s height has increased by 50 percent.

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