PEDIATRIC NUTRITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS
Adequate nutrition is of paramount importance during
childhood, especially in the first 3 years of life, when growth is most rapid
and the child is, by and large ,totally
dependent on his caretakers, usually the parents. Since an important factor is
responsible for adequate growth is balanced nutrition, erroneous nutrition
leads to inadequate growth in addition to undernutrition and poor weight gain.
Naturally, a basic knowledge of
nutritional requirements at various ages as also sources of such vital
nutrients as vitamin A and micronutrients as iron and zinc is mandatory. The
term, energy requirement, denotes the amount of dietary energy required to
balance energy expended and deposited in new tissues (growth)
In order to meet the growth needs in first 3 years and
during adolescence, a higher energy dense diet(less complex carbohydrates and
larger quantity of fat) is indeed.
Water, protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals
are the chief constituent of food. These six factors form the human body in the
following way: water 63%, proteins 17%, fats 12%, carbohydrates 1%, vitamins
and minerals 7%.
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