NFS 143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Infant Formula, Growth Chart, Caffeine

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Nutrition and Food Sciences
• Course: NFS 143
• Professor: Farryl Mac Kenna Bertmann

Document Summary

Caffeine: during pregnancy, if you consume caffeine, it will go through placenta into the developing fetus, fetus will have harder time metabolizing caffeine, wil not fully process it. Nutritional status: plotting height and weight on growth charts. Most important influences on growth potential: economic, nutritional, environmental. Most babies are in the center of the bell curve: only be concerned if the baby is on the extreme ends of the spectrum. Instead of using cdc chart (just white babies), use the who growth chart (global) If child is receiving calories and protein needed, if family is economically able to provide for the infant and if the environment is safe for an infant to live in. Food safety: safe handling of infant formula, safe handling of complementary foods, there are times when infant formula is necessary (when mother in unable to breastfeed, not homemade infant formula.