Nutritional Habits and Interventions in Childhood

The objective of this book is to present nutritional and educational interventions for children and their families. The creation of healthy preferences is a key determinant of food choices and therefore diet quality. Food choices have important implications for health, particularly for food-related...

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description The objective of this book is to present nutritional and educational interventions for children and their families. The creation of healthy preferences is a key determinant of food choices and therefore diet quality. Food choices have important implications for health, particularly for food-related diseases, such as feeding difficulties and the development of non-communicable diseases. The first years of a child's life are fundamental for the creation of tastes, eating habits and the relationship with food. Preferences for certain foods are neither innate nor unchangeable. Eating behaviour is the result of experience and learning, and, through the repeated offering of food by parents, especially those less accepted, it is possible to promote good nutrition. Behaviour depends on the interaction of environmental factors, genetics, sex, and age. The environment in which the child is immersed, and which influences them, includes family, other children, society, media and the supply of food. Achieving an adequate intake of macro and micro-nutrients is an important objective for all ages of life and, particularly, for those of pediatric age, since it is crucial for cognitive development. Nutrition has also a therapeutic effect. Nutritional interventions tailored to specific pathologies are needed to prevent nutritional deficiencies and maintain an adequate nutritional status, since children and adolescents with chronic or inflammatory diseases are particularly vulnerable and at major risk of developing malnutrition.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-932682024-03-30T23:21:30Z Nutritional Habits and Interventions in Childhood Scaglioni, Silvia Mazzocchi, Alessandra De Cosmi, Valentina early food preferences feeding strategy dietary habits disease-related malnutrition educational intervention nutritional intervention obesity in childhood thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing The objective of this book is to present nutritional and educational interventions for children and their families. The creation of healthy preferences is a key determinant of food choices and therefore diet quality. Food choices have important implications for health, particularly for food-related diseases, such as feeding difficulties and the development of non-communicable diseases. The first years of a child's life are fundamental for the creation of tastes, eating habits and the relationship with food. Preferences for certain foods are neither innate nor unchangeable. Eating behaviour is the result of experience and learning, and, through the repeated offering of food by parents, especially those less accepted, it is possible to promote good nutrition. Behaviour depends on the interaction of environmental factors, genetics, sex, and age. The environment in which the child is immersed, and which influences them, includes family, other children, society, media and the supply of food. Achieving an adequate intake of macro and micro-nutrients is an important objective for all ages of life and, particularly, for those of pediatric age, since it is crucial for cognitive development. Nutrition has also a therapeutic effect. Nutritional interventions tailored to specific pathologies are needed to prevent nutritional deficiencies and maintain an adequate nutritional status, since children and adolescents with chronic or inflammatory diseases are particularly vulnerable and at major risk of developing malnutrition. 2022-10-25T09:04:49Z 2022-10-25T09:04:49Z 2022 book ONIX_20221025_9783036551630_121 9783036551630 9783036551647 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93268 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/6166 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/6166 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5164-7 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5164-7 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036551630 9783036551647 426 open access
spellingShingle early food preferences
feeding strategy
dietary habits
disease-related malnutrition
educational intervention
nutritional intervention
obesity in childhood
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing
Nutritional Habits and Interventions in Childhood
title Nutritional Habits and Interventions in Childhood
title_full Nutritional Habits and Interventions in Childhood
title_fullStr Nutritional Habits and Interventions in Childhood
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional Habits and Interventions in Childhood
title_short Nutritional Habits and Interventions in Childhood
title_sort nutritional habits and interventions in childhood
topic early food preferences
feeding strategy
dietary habits
disease-related malnutrition
educational intervention
nutritional intervention
obesity in childhood
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing
topic_facet early food preferences
feeding strategy
dietary habits
disease-related malnutrition
educational intervention
nutritional intervention
obesity in childhood
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing
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