NTDT305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey, Adipose Tissue, School Breakfast Program
20 Dec 2016
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Establish healthy eating habits helps prevent immediate & long term health problems. Adequate nutrition continues to play an important role during the school-age years: prevents immediate health problems, promotes a healthy lifestyle, reduces risk of developing chronic condition. Data on us children in 2010: children under 18= 25% of population, 7. 5 million people= no health insurance. Disparities in nutrition status exist among different races and ethnic groups. Nonhispanic & mexican american = higher obesity rates. Growth velocity will slow down during the school age years. Periodic monitoring of growth continues to be important. Weight and height should be plotted on the appropriate growth chart; 2000 cdc growth charts: recommended tool to monitor growth, gender specific for children 2-20 y/o. Who growth references: growth references for older children. Height for age, weight for age, bmi for age. **know how to calculate bmi (bmi not constant in childhood because height is component of bmi; judge it off of percentile not bmi #)
