NUTR 2050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Cholesterol, Main Source, Abdominal Pain
9 Sep 2014
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The dynamic growth experienced in infancy is the most rapid of any age. Inadequate nutrition in infancy, however, leads to consequences that may be lifelong, harming both future growth and future development. Progression in feeding skills expresses important developmental steps in infancy that signal growth and nutritional status. Nutrient requirements of term newborns have to be modified for preterm infants. Knowing the needs of newborn infants who are ill or smaller than normal results in greater understanding of the complex nutritional needs of all newborns and infants. Changing feeding practices, such as the care of infants outside the home and the early introduction foods, markedly affects nutritional status of infants. ** this chapter covers full-term infants born at 37 weeks of gestation or later and healthy preterm infants born at 34 weeks or later. The weight of a newborn is a key measure of health status during pregnancy.
