nutrition - Answers the process of nourishing or being nourished by the foods we eat and how our
bodies use them
nutrient - Answers a nourishing substance or ingredient
appetite - Answers a desire to eat
hunger - Answers a craving or urgent need for food
meal - Answers a portion of food eaten to satisfy appetite
snack - Answers a light meal, or food eaten between regular meals
thirst - Answers a desire or need to drink
developmental readiness - Answers determines the types and textures of food that should be served
and what feeding style to use
developmental skills related to eating - Answers mouth patterns, hand and body skills, feeding skills or
abilities
Prop - Answers Never ____________ a bottle
suck/swallow reflex - Answers birth to 5 months, liquid immediately moved to back of mouth to be
swallowed
tongue thrust reflex - Answers when lips are touched, child extends tongue out of his mouth
rooting reflex - Answers when oral area is touched, head and mouth turn toward the object and mouth
opens
gag reflex - Answers when any object is placed too far back in a child's mouth, it is propelled forward
5 months to 9 months - Answers child makes munching movements and can pick up food with "pincher
grasp"
Optimal food for infants - Answers breast milk
microwave - Answers breast milk and formula should not be heated in a ________
solid foods - Answers should not be given in bottles
infancy - Answers good eating habits are established during ____________________________
the middle of the tongue - Answers you should place the spoon when you feed a child solid food on
___________________