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Feeding and food intake by preschool children
« on: October 28, 2017, 07:35:07 PM »
Feeding, food intake of preschool children determined by family, environment – study
Iloilo City (28 June 2005) -- Feeding and food intake by preschool children are determined by family food practices and attitudes and some environmental factors, according to a study done by Bayaga, et al., in year 2000, as released by the National Nutrition Council (NNC).

The study revealed that with or without conscious effort, the family guides the food preferences and establishes the food pattern of preschool children, as indicated by the nutrition knowledge of the parents, parent-child interaction, atmosphere around food at meal times.

Likewise, television viewing affects food requests of children, and it encourages sedentary lifestyle. Their food intakes and choices are also influenced by peers, wherein caretakers can use the group setting to introduce good nutrition.

The study recommended that the parents being role models in nutrition, can create opportunities that promote healthy living and nutrition learning for their pre school children.

The NNC revealed some feeding problems can be encountered in preschool children, as a preschool child is sometimes a difficult child. His appetite can be erratic and his behavior capricious. When the child loses interest in food, this becomes the source of irritation between the mother and the child. In most instances, parents treat young children as little adults and impose their own adult-style dietary restrictions on them, which is counter productive.

At this stage pre school children accept only very few foods and reject all others. It is likely that the child’s appetite is lost because of too much parental urging, or the child may have become tired of the same foods eaten every day.

The child may also have aversion toward some foods. This may be due to the unpalatable preparation of some food, like vegetables.

A child may also linger or dilly-dally with food during mealtime, because he is not feeling well, or may find his portions too big, or he may just be trying to get attention.

On the other hand, the NNC said that feeding the child is sometimes hampered by fallacies handed down through generations. Some mothers still believe that some foods should not be given to preschoolers, like eggs and fish for example, because they feared these would cause bad teeth and the presence of hookworms.. But eggs have high nutritional values, and fish can only become carrier of parasites when prepared in a dirty manner.

Some mothers do not also give leafy vegetables believing that these are hard to digest. They believe that eating squash can cause mental dullness, likewise, with sour fruits, fruit juices and milk taken together which cause stomach upset, when in fact they do not.
The NNC viewed this as a lack of nutrition education on the part of parents and caretakers, which consequently hamper improvement in feeding practices for preschoolers. (PIA 6)

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