Chapter 14 is designed to allow you to:
- 1. Describe the extent to which nutrition affects infant growth and physiological development.
- 2. Outline basic diet guidelines to meet the basic nutritional needs for normal growth and development for an infant and discuss some do’s and don’ts associated with infant feeding.
- 3. List several challenges parents must face in dealing with childhood eating habits.
- 4. List the nutrients often found to be lacking in the diet of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and teenagers and make recommendations to remedy the problems.
- 5. Describe the serious nature and overall treatment plans for obesity and type 2 diabetes in childhood.
- 6. Distinguish between food allergies and intolerances and provide recommendations for treating both.