Questions tagged [nutrition]
Questions regarding providing proper nutrition, including strategies to get a child to eat healthy foods
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How infants can take 11mg of Iron per day?
According to New Zealand and Australian government guides, infants 7-12 months need 11 mg of iron daily. (Source: NZ, AU). According to the same sources, beef has only 2 to 3 mg of Iron per 100 grams. ...
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Can it be unhealthy to deprive a child of sugar?
My youngest son just turned five. For years he's had a relentless craving for sweets.
He's constantly requesting/demanding sugary food and drinks
If we walk by somebody eating anything in a wrapper, ...
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How long is breastfeeding effective and worthwhile?
I realize that this question can have many personal or subjective viewpoints, so the answer I'm looking for is what the best-known data shows us from two perspectives:
Is there an average ...
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What kind of meats are safe to feed to a 13-month old?
My 13-month old boy is transitioning from jars of Gerber Baby Food to table food. He does very well on toast and cheerios and other similar things, but he doesn't much like eggs, and we want to make ...
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Do you prefer skinless chicken for children, as you would for adults?
As adults we strive to minimize eating fats, and in particular saturated fats.
When choosing chicken, for example, we aim for skinless chicken, or remove the fat after cooking.
When serving children ...
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Toddler daughter will not eat meat or eggs
Young toddler daughter will not eat any type of meat or eggs, i.e. vegetarian apparently.
Are there specific multi-vitamins or guidelines for vegetarian toddlers? Do not really need supplement for ...
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Is savoury food with sugar as bad as sweets?
I have a 18-month toddler.
I don’t give her anything sweet (except for formula) because I don’t want her to develop a taste for sweets.
I don’t even like the idea of sweets made with fruits without ...
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Breastfeeding for 3-5 minutes and feeds every hour
So my son is 3 months old and the most he breast feeds at a time is 5-6 minutes, then he falls asleep or unlatches. And he’ll feed every hour or hour and a half. He’s been gaining weight, has plenty ...
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2 1/2 year old boy, hates meat, and most veggies
2 1/2 year old boy, hates meat, and most veggies. I will admit, I am not the greatest cook and we sometimes eat not-so-healthy meals, however, I am still worried about it and want to make sure that ...
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How much soup is a baby expected to eat?
My baby is 7 months old and tends to resist eating soup and she rarely finishes the whole plate that I prepared for her. I am not sure whether I should insist more than I already do in order to give ...
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Vitamin A dose for 7 month old
Is there a recommended vitamin A dose for 7 month old babies in some countries? Is it good to have a Vitamin A supplementation at that age? I heard too much vitamin A is not good during pregnancy, but ...
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Best homemade nutritional babyfood for an infant in the 8 months to 1 year range?
Are there some instructions which help in making nutritive homemade baby food for infant in the 8 months to 1 year range? Also such a preparation should ideally be easy to store and feed the infant.
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Effective ways of learning nutritious foods, nutrition and balanced diet
How do I teach my 5 years old and 3 years old daughters about nutritious foods, proper nutrition and balanced diet? Actually, my understanding of them is very basic and I am not quite sure that I can ...
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How to get toddler to eat eggs?
A long while ago my 2 yr 9 mo old son decided he did not like eggs. He was good enough to taste them (and re-tasted them on a couple later occasions), but he made up his mind he just does not like ...
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Does feeding breast milk from a bottle convey the same health benefits as nursing?
Is there's any specific benefit to nursing instead of just pumping and feeding from the bottle? Is there anything intrinsic in the act of nursing that improves baby's health or increases the nutrition?...
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A boy at school told my 8-year-old daugther she had fat thighs. How to boost her self-esteem and make her eat healthier?
My 8-year-old daughter is very quiet and isolated at school.
She has almost no friends. Besides, she doesn't like sports at all.
Yesterday she told us that one of the boys at school told her she has ...
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Is it better to send your child to school with lunch, or lunch money?
I remember my school cafeteria food as being, well, not what I'd consider "food".
At the same time, I know how hard it is to consistently pack lunch as an adult without getting bored with the same ...
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Is organic whole cow's milk better than "toddler milk" powder for a 1 year old?
We live in a country where it's very popular to give toddlers a follow-up powdered formula called "lait de croissance" roughly translated as "grow milk" or "toddler milk" like the one pictured here:
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Are vitamins supplements required for young children?
Do I need to add vitamin supplements to my 4-year-old's and 2-year-old's diet? Currently they like pasta, noodle, cheese, rice, carrots, broccoli, chicken and eggs. I'm wondering whether B group ...
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6 weeks pregnant and having trouble eating regular foods?
My wife is about six weeks pregnant is getting hit pretty hard with morning sickness and food aversions. She says most food smells like "it's rotting". So she's been falling back to mostly carbs since ...
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When to stop using formula, and how much cow milk to give?
Here in France, I understand it's common for kids to stay on formula until age 3. I've heard they stop around 2 in the US? Anyway, our current routine for our 2y9mo daughter is a bottle in the morning ...
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How do we get our toddler to gain weight?
Our toddler isn't gaining weight, and our doctor told us to fix it. We stopped breastfeeding and she gained a kilo in just two weeks, but since then (soon two months) she hasn't gained anything again, ...
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What is the best milk fat content for a toddler aged 2?
I've read contradicting claims about whether you can give skim milk for toddlers over 2, or just low-fat.
In fact, my daughter is two and a half and only 12 kg, so our goal would be to gain weight, ...
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What are the reasons for and dangers of dieting?
What are some reasons that a young person might go on a diet?
As a parent, which of those reasons should be a concern for me?
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Are there any benefits or downsides in "flexible" food time?
Are there any benefits or downsides in feeding the children (around elementary school age) on the schedule of "I'm hungry now" as opposed to scheduled meal times?
This is of course assuming that the ...
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Can eating fruit snacks cause behavior problems the next day?
My ex-wife says giving my son too many fruit snacks (too much sugar) caused him to have a meltdown at school the next day. Is this even the slightest bit likely? He is 5 and in pre-school.
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Strategies for getting toddler to eat more iron
My 14 month old just had his blood test results back, and while his hemoglobin levels are in the normal range, they're right on the bottom of the range. This surprised us some, because he's a ...
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Sneaking vegetables (and other healthy foods) to small children [duplicate]
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How do you feed a picky eater?
Tonight for dinner I had a bunch of mustard greens from our garden, so I cooked them up and added them to spaghetti sauce. My kids would never ...
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What should parent do when their child is dropping more hair?
A colleague of mime notice that her teenager kid is dropping a lot of hair recently.
What advices should I give to my colleague to help her teenager kid instead of telling her to ask her bring her ...
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Is Woodward's Gripe water safe?
We've been given a bottle of Woodward's gripe water? Is it safe? I see a long list of ingredients, such as Sarjkakshara and Bronopol and Methlyparaben
Additionaly, is it useful?
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At what month of pregnancy should the DHA intake be started?
My doctor has said that since the WHO's website doesn't mention that DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid) intake is compulsory, she won't be talking about it.
I am referring to the ...
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What are the proper precaution for using cow's milk to feed babies?
There's a great guide for using pumped breastmilk...in it, there are tons of guidelines for:
How long it can be kept after it has been heated up?
If a baby didn't finish a bottle, how long before you ...
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Is it possible to give adult milk powder or powder of higher age group to toddlers?
I wanted my little ones to grow stronger, faster and smarter. So, is it recommended to give toddlers or little ones milk powder of higher age group or adult milk?
e.g. For my kid of age 5, is it ...
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How much vitamin D does a toddler typically need?
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I've been diagnosed with being low on vitamin D. Since I started taking a 1000 IU supplement that my doctor recommended, I've seen much reduced skin issues.
My son has skin issues. We ...
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How do we ensure that our toddler is getting proper nutrition now that he is eating more solid foods?
My son is 15 months old, and has been eating an increasing variety of solid foods. However, we are having a hard time getting him to eat normal "meals".
His favorite foods are more in the category ...
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Are vitamin supplements necessary for newborns?
We have been told by various people that babies need vitamin supplements, because "My doctor said so." This seems counterintuitive. Shouldn't formula or breastmilk have all of the nutrients that a ...
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Are between-meal snacks important?
It seems common at day cares to have an eating scheduling like:
8am breakfast
10am morning snack
12pm lunch
3pm afternoon snack
6pm dinner (at home)
I hear that more frequent, smaller meals is better ...
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What's so hard about home made carrot baby food?
When we were dealing with baby foods, all the books and experts talked about how you could make your own baby food at home easily, except carrots. They all just said "don't even try", some even had a ...
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