Questions and Answers of Health Care Finance

What other food/liquids could be used to mix in her cereal; what type of cereal should she be fed?
Given Lindsey's age, is she ready to have fruit added to her diet?
What are safe procedures for handling breast milk at child care?
Do you know how the breast milk is handled at home?
What are some possible causes of Lindsey's discomfort?
Why do you think the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends avoidance of cow's milk protein for just the first year?
If a family prefers to bottle feed an infant, what formula options are available?
What implications does this study have for breastfeeding recommendations?
How would you respond if you were the teacher and a parent requested that you feed an infant in this manner?
Consider possible short- and long-term outcomes of feeding semi-solid food from a bottle.
Do child care practices change from generation to generation?
What are the dangers, if any, of feeding a six-week-old baby cereal from the bottle?
Should Missy follow her mother's advice?
Evaluate nutrient contributions of different types of commercial baby food and make appropriate choices.
Give criteria for selecting nutritious solid food for the baby and evaluate benefits of commercial versus home-prepared semi-solid food.
Name recommended safe foods to use as first semi-solid foods.
Identify the appropriate ages at which to introduce semi-solid foods to infants.
Describe ways to feed the breast-fed infant in a child care setting.
Describe the proper way to bottle-feed an infant.
Discuss the advantages of breastfeeding.
React to the statement, "I take vitamins just to be sure I get everything I need."
Discuss why vitamins A and C are considered to be at-risk vitamins for young children.
Identify five non-dairy sources of calcium. Are they an adequate substitute?
Discuss the role fluoride plays in the formation and maintenance of tooth enamel.
Read the position statement, "Vegetarian Diets," issued by the American Dietetic Association (http://www.eatright.org) & Dietitians of Canada (http://www.dietitians.ca) (2003). What are the benefits
What role(s) does water play in the body? As a Group:
Which nutrient is the prime regulator of body temperature?
Name an important nutrient component of enzymes and some hormones.
What two minerals are required for cellular division and growth?
What two minerals are required for energy metabolism?
a. Should Tony be given supplements of this nutrient to offset possible deficiencies?b. Why or why not?
List two symptoms of deficiency that you might anticipate Tony to display.
Suggest foods other than citrus fruits that could also provide this nutrient.
a. If Tony's diet is actually deficient in this nutrient, would symptoms appear rapidly or slowly?b. Why?
For what nutrient should Tony's diet be closely monitored?
Why is there so much concern about the increasing use of herbs as food supplements?
Why is it important that a person check with his or her doctor and pharmacist before using any of these products?
Does using the term "natural" give assurance that a product is safe?
Will this label serve as a warning that this may not be a safe product to use?
List at least one specific function performed by each of the four nutrient classes identified as regulators.
Identify nutrients that perform regulatory functions in the body.
Name the general body functions regulated by nutrients.
How could you provide calcium to a child who is allergic to milk and dairy products?
What problem(s) can occur from an excess intake of fluoride?
Discuss why children are at-risk for developing iron deficiency anemia?
Explain why an infant's and toddler's protein need is greater than that of an adult's.
Locate information about vegetarian diets on the Internet. Can all of a child's protein, iron, and calcium needs be met if he or she follows this type of dietary pattern? As a Group:
List at least three non-dairy sources of complete protein.
Explain how supplementary proteins can be used to provide a complete protein.
Identify three food sources that are incomplete proteins.
What other foods would improve Timothy's calcium intake if he refuses to drink milk?
Change the above menu to eliminate the phosphorus/calcium imbalance.
Which foods provide phosphorus?
Which foods provide calcium?
Make a list of as many nutrient interdependencies that you can.
How is calcium dependent upon vitamin D?
Explain how this can happen.
Lack of a single vitamin can keep carbohydrates from yielding energy.
Why is growth depressed when a diet has adequate protein but lacks folic acid or vitamin B?
How does vitamin C help maximize the availability of calcium from food sources?
What foods might be fortified with the least danger of exceeding tolerance levels?
Is there a need to regulate the types and amounts of nutrients used to fortify foods?
The upper, adult tolerable level for calcium intake is 2,500 milligrams per day. An amount above this limit may increase the risk for kidney stone formation. Children's smaller bodies may reduce
Do these fortified foods give us the protein and vitamins A and D that milk does?
Does this mean that fortified products can be substituted for milk?
Identify examples of complementary incomplete protein combinations.
Identify food sources for complete protein and for incomplete protein.
Explain the role that proteins, minerals, and water play in body growth. Differentiate between nonessential and essential amino acids.
Name three classes of nutrients that promote growth of body tissue and list food sources for each.
Describe how growth occurs.
Discuss whether all fats are unhealthy and should thus be eliminated from one's diet.
Prepare a convincing argument to counter the statement, "Carbohydrates are bad for you."
Discuss the cause of lactose intolerance, which groups of children are more likely to experience this condition, and what dietary modifications would need to be made.
Conduct an online search of scholarly articles on childhood obesity. Why are more children overweight or obese today? In what ways can teachers begin to address this problem in their programs?
a. Explain why cereal with milk has a higher carbohydrate value than cereal alone.b. Is this cereal predominantly starch or sucrose.c. Do starches and complex carbohydrates increase with the addition
Which of the nutrient contributions of this cereal are increased by the addition of milk?
Using the cereal label in Figure 14-5, determine the following:a) the number of calories derived from carbohydrates;b) the approximate percentage of total calories derived from sucrose and other
How could a green vegetable become a source of fat and cholesterol?
Which three food groups contribute little fat and no cholesterol?
Which of the Pyramid food groups would contribute the most animal fat and cholesterol?
Could the accelerated use of fast-food offerings be contributing to the increase of obesity in children and adults?
Consider the amount of high fat foods available, the lack of fruit, vegetables, and milk as menu items, and the average total calorie count of fast-food offerings.
What are the common menu choices for children and adults in these restaurants?
Discuss the importance of including physical activity as routine programming in child care and school programs. It is reported that families with young children are eating away from home and at fast-
How much attention is or should be given to helping children balance energy input with energy output so they will not be as likely to experience an obesity problem?
Why do Americans not take these warnings seriously enough to really try to achieve and maintain body weight and thus reduce risk of disease?
Plan a day's diet that meets the recommended 30 percent of calories from fat, and is low in saturated fatty acids and cholesterol.
Calculate daily caloric requirements of a child based on the child's weight. Plan a day's diet that eliminates refined sucrose.
Identify foods containing good sources of energy-supplying nutrients.
State the amount of energy supplied by each class of nutrients. List three factors that determine individual energy requirements.
Identify the three classes of nutrients that supply energy.
Debate the merits and limitations of the current Food Pyramid.
Describe what dietary reference intakes are and what purpose(s) they might serve for an individual.
Discuss how an individual might use the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to improve their personal well-being.
Describe where the source of energy is in food. What nutrients yield energy?
Mary, age four, refuses milk and all milk products; she likes to drink a variety of juices. How would you adjust her diet to assure that she meets her calcium requirement?
Tommy, age two, by choice will eat only high carbohydrate foods, preferably those that are sweet. He rejects high-protein, high-fat foods such as meats and cheese. How would you change his diet to
Jeremy, age three, is allergic to milk and dairy products. What nutrient is deficient in Jeremy's diet?
Jason, age four, refuses to eat fruit. He will occasionally accept a small serving of applesauce and a few bites of banana but little else. What two nutrients are probably deficient in Jason's diet?
Betsy, age three-and-one-half, drinks milk to the exclusion of adequate amounts of food from other food groups. What nutrient is Betsy receiving in excess? What two nutrients are most likely to be

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