The Role of Fat in Child Nutrition

1980 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-161
Author(s):  
Francisco Grande
Keyword(s):  
Child Nutrition

scholarly journals Role of the main mineral substances in the child nutrition

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Panasenko ◽  
T. V. Kartseva ◽  
Zh. V. Nefedova ◽  
E. V. Zadorina-Khutornaya
Keyword(s):  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Mineral Substances

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF NUTRITION IN A CHILD’S PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 1209-1212
Author(s):  
Mitko Kocev ◽  
Julijana Sazdova ◽  
Dejan Antonievski
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Food Analysis ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Adequate Nutrition ◽  
Biochemical Testing

The adequate nutrition in childhood has the main role in the physical, mental and emotional development of the child. Herein, the children are considered a prioritized part of the population that can be influenced by different intervention strategies (Deghan et al. 2005). It is of utmost importance to obtain the suitable nutrition to every child, and this is the main reason that causes most of the research on child nutrition to be conducted in the kindergartens. The analysis on the food intake and the type of food in the kindergarten can help us analyse the overall health of the children. Usually, in the process of food analysis we use various components such as the following: dietary intake, anthropometric measurements and biochemical testing. We have identified a few researches that have used the above mentioned components for assessment of the child’s nutrition that we mention in our paper as well.

scholarly journals The Role of the Opinion Leader Research Process in Informing Policy Making for Improved Nutrition: Experience and Lessons Learned in Southeast Asia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Weissman ◽  
Tuan T Nguyen ◽  
Hoa T Nguyen ◽  
Roger Mathisen
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Opinion Leader ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Infant And Young Child ◽  
Timor Leste

ABSTRACT Opinion leader research (OLR) has been widely used in public health to identify influential persons or organizations to affect health care practice, inform policy-making processes, and help shape communication strategies. We used OLR to gather information related to barriers and possible solutions to guide strategic engagement for strengthening policy making for improved maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) practices in 5 Southeast Asian countries—Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Thailand. In most countries, MIYCN policies and policymaker interest exist, but effective implementation and/or enforcement of current policies is weak. This article aims to share our experience in and lessons learned from using OLR as an advocacy tool: It helped identify opinion leaders with interest and influence to affect nutrition-related policies, it raised opinion leaders’ interest in MIYCN, and it identified themes that would help generate political priority setting. Based on our experience, we recommend OLR as a strategic activity for informing and generating support for MIYCN policy-making processes.

scholarly journals What we should know about the carbohydrate component of infant formula

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-65
Author(s):  
I. N. Zakharova ◽  
A. A. Davydovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Infant Formula ◽  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Milk Proteins ◽  
Intact Protein ◽  
Infant Formulas ◽  
Carbohydrate Component ◽  
Lactase Deficiency ◽  
Glucose Syrup ◽  
Bowel Diseases

The article is devoted to the discussion of the carbohydrate component of infant formula for feeding healthy and sick children. The role of glycemic and non-glycemic carbohydrates is shown. In addition to lactose, the following glycemic carbohydrates can be used in infant formulas: maltose, sucrose, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrins, pretreated starch and gelatinized starch. Resistant oligosaccharides, nonstarch polysaccharides, and resistant modified starches are also used in child nutrition. The composition and amount of lactose, the main carbohydrate of women’s milk, is discussed. The article presents data on the role of galactose, which is conditionally essential for children in the first months of life due to the rapid growth rate of the infant. Information is presented on the lactose breakdown, the importance of enzymes in the digestion and assimilation processes, the prebiotic effects of lactose, and its effect on the absorption of calcium and other minerals. Advantages of lactose include its low glycemic index, as well as its reduced sweetness, which affects the proper development of taste and low risk of dental caries compared to other fermentable sugars. Specific requirements for the carbohydrate composition of low-lactose and lactose-free formulas are discussed because of the often unwarranted increase in the frequency of their use. Evidence is presented using the Cochrane Systematic Review (2018) that reducing or eliminating lactose from infant formulas in infants with infantile colic is not always appropriate. Special low-lactose and lactose-free formulas replace lactose with glucose polymers such as maltodextrin, glucose syrup, and solid glucose syrup, which are produced by hydrolyzing starches (corn, rice, or potato). The article discusses the data on the effect of maltodextrin on the state of the intestinal mucosa, the microbiota of the large intestine and the possible role of this ingredient in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. The results of various studies regarding the effect of maltodextrin on the intestinal microbiota are contradictory. However, special low-lactose or lactose-free products are prescribed in the presence of symptoms of lactase deficiency in an artificially fed baby. It is a major mistake to prescribe lactose-free mixtures on the basis of intact protein or partially hydrolysed ones for secondary lactase deficiency caused by an allergy to cow’s milk proteins. The carbohydrate component of Friso therapeutic hydrolysates contains no maltodextrin, and lactose is partially or completely replaced with glucose syrup.

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