WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
Calorie Requirements: Birth -6 months ~ Correct Answer ~120kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: 7mo - 1 year ~ Correct Answer ~100kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: 2 - 10 years ~ Correct Answer ~100 to 70 kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: adolescents ~ Correct Answer ~45 kcal/kg/day
Breast feeding benefits ~ Correct Answer ~· Perfect food; cannot be duplicated
· Decreases illness in infants
· Maternal antibodies are transferred to infants
· Decreased GI problems such as GERD
· Decreases allergies as it contains anti-inflammatory agents
· Breastfeeding during painful procedures provides analgesia
· The longer the mom breastfeeds, the less chance of the child to be overweight
independent of education and socioeconomic status
Recommended time to exclusive breast feed ~ Correct Answer ~6 months and feed
on demand
, · Adequate nutrition confirmed by weight gain up to 3 months ~ Correct Answer ~o
30 g/day (1 oz/day) for the first 3 months
o Gain of 15-20 g/day during subsequent 3 months
· Vitamin Supplementation ~ Correct Answer ~o Vitamin D (400 IU per day at 2
months of age to adolescence
o Vitamin B12 for breastfeeding mothers who are strict vegetarians
Iron supplementation ~ Correct Answer ~o For exclusively breast-fed infants:
approximately 1 mg/kg/day of iron is recommended after 6 months of age
o Bottle feeding should contain iron supplementation
o Ideally iron should come from fortified cereals
o Elemental iron supplements can be given if iron intake from diet is not adequate
· Fluoride Supplementation ~ Correct Answer ~o Supplements only when local
water supply is less than 0.3 parts per million (ppm)
o Supplementation first 6 months of life
Initial weight loss after birth ~ Correct Answer ~10%
Initial weight loss regained when ~ Correct Answer ~within 7-14 days
Weight should double by when ~ Correct Answer ~5-6 months old