Nutrition and Your Child's Development.
When children start school, they encounter many new influences that affect their eating behaviour and food choices. The peer group becomes more important in moulding children's food preferences. Children are frequently exposed to advertisements for food, which mostly counter dietary guidelines. What hope do parents have of encouraging good nutrition in their children?
Two nutritional problems, obesity and anorexia nervosa, rank amongst the top three chronic health conditions in late childhood and adolescence. Parents may be concerned that their child is overweight, but avoid mentioning it for fear of inducing anorexia.
Adolescent eating behaviour is not always conducive to good nutrition. This occurs at an age when some nutrient intakes, such as iron and calcium, are critical. In this book the authors aim to guide parents in establishing healthy eating habits that their children will carry into adulthood.
Contents cover what's for breakfast?; food advertising; food additives; vegetarian children and adolescents; preventing heart attacks; not growing well; the overweight child; recurrent abdominal pain syndrome; gastroenteritis; food and behaviour; growth: saving up for the final spurt; what's for lunch?; fast food; food for sport; healthy(y) food; dental care; eating disorders; constipation; allergies; growth charts; and more.
The 'Kids Food Health' series presents the latest information on nutritional and child development across the age spectrum. The authors, both highly regarded specialists, provide essential information on nutrition, healthy eating behaviour in children, "normal" appetite, essential diet, issues relating to growth and illness, food additives, vegetarian diets, hyperactivity, an analysis of fast foods and much more.
