Exam 12: Nutrition for Normal Growth and Development

After birth, an infant's fetal store of iron is diminished within:

Muscle and other body tissues of toddlers continue to develop rapidly, so they continue to have high requirements for:

An infant will usually double his or her birth weight in:

Peer modeling begins to influence food choices during:

The hormone responsible for stimulating the ejection of breast milk (let-down reflex) is:

A large amount of an infant's total body water lies:

In an active 5-year-old child of normal body weight who eats 1800 kcal daily, the number of kilocalories (kcalories or kcal) used for basal metabolism would be about:

A factor that accounts for wide fluctuations in the metabolic rates of adolescents of the same age is:

The rate of growth during the school-age years is best described as:

The key developmental task for infants is establishment of:

Symptoms such as nausea, diarrhea, weight loss, polyuria, and calcification of the soft tissues are associated with toxicity of vitamin:

Development is defined as:

Preschool children often prefer foods that are:

Social and cultural growth is measured by the child's ability to:

In addition to bone and tooth development, an important function served by calcium in growing children is:

Constant dieting among teenage girls in the United States is primarily the result of:

The traditional transition food for an infant going from a milk-only diet to solid food is:

The long-chain fatty acids arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid are present in breast milk and are added to some commercial formulas because they are important in the development of:

The nutrient that provides building material for tissue growth is:

Toddlers whose diet consists primarily of milk may develop: