Question

After assessing the children, they all appear to be growing well, and you see no concerns. However, as you review your findings with Tonya, she has some questions. Her husband recently lost his job, and money is tight. Tonya is thinking about switching Trey to cow’s milk rather than formula to save money. She is also concerned because Dana is not eating as well as she had previously. After obtaining further information you feel that Dana is experiencing some common eating issues experienced by preschoolers.

Discuss the following with Tonya.

2. Why it is important to continue to give Trey formula rather than cow’s milk until he reaches one year of age. Provide 3 reasons

3. Review some common eating/feeding issues that preschoolers experience. Provide three examples.

4. There are several special nutrition concerns for preschoolers. One is iron deficiency anemia and another are dental caries. Choose one of these and discuss what the condition is, why it occurs, and how to prevent it from occurring.

Answer 1

Question 2

Trey formula is designed for babies when breast milk is not available. It is the primary source of nutrition until your baby is ready for solid foods. Trey formula has been broken down so that the proteins, vitamins, and minerals are easier to digest. It also has the healthy amounts of fat that your growing baby need

Trey formula is important rather then cows milk because-
1)- Easy to digest- formula has made spicily for infant according to his digestion ability but cows milk are more strong then formula so It has not eaasy digest.
2)- Nutritional needs- formula is primary source of nutrition untill your baby is up to one year. it has carbohydrate, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and also fat so it is better then cows milk.
3) it is easy to prepare according to his nutritional needs but cows milk has less amount of carbohydrate so baby can suffer with hypoglycemia.

Question 3

1)- Eating only certain ty​pes of foods- preschoolers want to eat certain types of food like sweets fruits milk etc.etc but they can refuse some food which can cause deficiency about that cantain minerals or vitamins.
2) Taking a long time to eat and keeping food in the mouth
3) Refusing to chew because they have lots of task in daily activity and chowing food has spend some time so child can refuse the food

Question 4

Anemia is a common health problem in children. The most common cause of anemia is not getting enough iron. A child who is anemic does not have enough red blood cells or enough hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein that lets red blood cells carry oxygen to other cells in the body. Iron is needed to form hemoglobin.

Causes

1- Diet low in iron

2- body change

3- gestrointesti al changes

4- blood loss

Prevention-

You can often prevent iron-deficiency anemia through screening and taking iron supplements.