CAM102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Peer Pressure, Constipation, Peanut Butter
Age Groups
• Infant if under 2
• Toddler is 2-3
• Pre-schooler 4-5
• Early childhood 5-8
• Primary school 8-12
TEENS
• Middle School 12-15
• Senior School 16-18
Why do kids need good food?
1. Nutrients for good health vitality
2. Optimal growth for development
3. Concentration and behaviour
4. To help prevent lifestyle diseases such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, some cancers and
osteoporosis
5. To help fight illnesses such as colds and improve wound healing
6. To prevent iron deficiency anaemia, poor weight gain, constipation and tooth decay
• Brain development
• Growth
Teenagers
• Revert back to toddlers i.e. on a path of independence
• Have control of what they put in their mouth
• Priorities are calcium and iron for growth
• Minimising risk
• Important strategy - mini meals are the most useful for feeding
Nutrient Requirements
Food choices most likely to be based on:
• Convenience
• Peer pressure
• Self image
• Trends
• Access to money
• Not nutrition or health, cause we are young and 'bullet proof'
Major Nutrients
• Iron essential mineral during growth, especially for young women
• In adolescents it rises to between
• 8-11mg/day males
• 8-15mg/day for females
• Calcium for laying down bone and teeth density
• Need rises in teens to 1300mg/day
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Eating Habits
Why aren't needs met?
• Time
• More reliant on snacks
• Money
• Independence
• Family foundation
Good snacks
• Fruit
• Sandwich
• Sushi
• Toast and peanut butter
• Cheese on toast
• Cheese and crackers
• Home made popcorn
• Pita bread and dip
• Flavoured milk
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Document Summary
Infant if under 2: toddler is 2-3, pre-schooler 4-5, early childhood 5-8, primary school 8-12. Teenagers: revert back to toddlers i. e. on a path of independence, have control of what they put in their mouth, priorities are calcium and iron for growth, minimising risk. Important strategy - mini meals are the most useful for feeding. Food choices most likely to be based on: Self image: convenience, peer pressure, trends, access to money, not nutrition or health, cause we are young and "bullet proof" Iron essential mineral during growth, especially for young women. In adolescents it rises to between: 8-11mg/day males, 8-15mg/day for females, calcium for laying down bone and teeth density, need rises in teens to 1300mg/day. Why aren"t needs met: time, more reliant on snacks, money. Sushi: toast and peanut butter, cheese on toast, cheese and crackers, home made popcorn, pita bread and dip.
