Working With Special

COURSE: Early Childhood Education II UNIT C Groups of Children and

Child Care Issues

ESSENTIAL Understand issues affecting development of

7.00 B2 10% children.
STANDARD:
Understand nutrition issues that affect
OBJECTIVE: 7.01 B2 5% development of children.

Essential Questions:
What nutrition issues affect the development of children?
How can childrens special nutritional needs and other food-related issues be managed?
How can appropriate menus for children be planned and provided?

UNPACKED CONTENT
Balanced nutrition for children
Nutrition resources

Reliability of sources
My Pyramid for Preschoolers/My Pyramid for Kids
Need a variety of foods from five food groups
Grain group
Vegetable group
Fruit group
Milk group
Meat and beans group
Oils not a food group, but need some for good health
Each childs age, gender, and physical activity level are used to develop individual
eating plans and determine calories needed
NC Child Care Handbook
Suggestions for Encouraging Favorable Food Attitudes & Good Eating Habits
Meal Patterns for Children in Child Care Programs
Menu Planning Form
Special nutritional needs---types, causes and effects, prevention and treatment
Under nutrition and malnutrition
Overeating and obesity
Diabetes
Food allergies
Food Restrictions Form
Other food-related issues
Other dietary restrictions
 Food preferences
Appreciation for multicultural foods

Special Prevention and

Nutritional Needs Meaning Typical Causes Typical Results Treatment
Poverty Growth is slowed or Support programs to
1. undernutrition Not eating
enough food Food likes and stopped reduce poverty
to maintain a dislikes Nutrient deficiencies Use appealing variety of
healthy body Unbalanced diet lead to: foods and food textures,
and normal Poor food choices -Irritability flavors, colors, forms,
activities Bodys inability to -Bowed legs and temperatures
use nutrients -Sunken eyes Honor childrens
-Teeth decay preferences if possible
-Fatigue Teach healthy food
choices

Long-term
2. malnutrition lack of proper
nutrients
Eating more Large supply of food Emotional problems Scale serving sizes to
3. overeating than body Trend toward Obesity childrens appetites
needs to snacking Other health problems Provide small servings
function
Overeating Lack of self-esteem Change behaviors of
4. obesity Body is more
than 20% Poor food choices Poor treatment by peers parents and children
overweight Inherited tendency to Hypertension Help with food choices
be overweight; a Diabetes Teach foods low in fat
family disorder Heart disease and calories
Family stress Hardening of the Teach portion control
Physical inactivity arteries Provide exercise
Overweight adults Build self-esteem
Serve healthy. low-fat
foods

Body does not Obesity Feel sick when sugar is Varied diet with fruits,
5. diabetes produce high or low vegetables, and grains
insulin and is Minimize saturated fat
unable to and cholesterol
manage blood Moderate sugars, salt
sugar
Balanced foods and
portion sizes
Eat at regular intervals
Ask parents for
personalized meal plan
Body reacts Wheat, soy, fish, Sniffles, pain, diarrhea, Provide restricted diet
6. food allergy negatively to peanuts, tree nuts, nausea, swelling, Offer safe substitutes
some foods shellfish, eggs, and rashes, congestion Eliminate food and
milk cause 90% of Anaphylactic shock smells from classroom
food allergies (can be fatal) Obtain information from
parents
Read product labels