Identifier: nutritiongrowthi00emer (find matches)
Title: Nutrition and growth in children
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Emerson, William Robie Patten, 1869-
Subjects: Children Growth Child Nutrition
Publisher: New York, London : D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ere is great teaching value in comparingthe child at the head of the class with one whohas not gained, and explaining the reason forthe results in each case. The force of publicopinion in the class group can in this way bemade a powerful ally in removing such simplecauses of failure as the neglect of rest periodsor lunches, prejudice against open windows,and overfatigue arising from late hours or un-necessary tasks. Care must be taken, however,not to discuss openly matters about which eitherparent or child is rightly sensitive. Food and Rest.—During the period of treat-ment in the nutrition class the child should beplaced in an open-air, or at least an open-win-dow, class, and school pressure should be re-duced. Most children need only sufficient addi-tional time for a lunch and rest period at 10: 30;others will work to best advantage on a half-day schedule; a few need to be limited to twohours a day; while in certain cases the childcannot safely attend school at all for a time. 188
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C «. THE NUTRITION CLASS One rest period of at least half an hourshould be taken before the midday meal, andin the middle of the afternoon a longer rest, inorder to save the child from overfatigue. Therest periods should be taken as described inChapter IX. Mid-morning and mid-afternoon lunches arerecommended for all undernourished children. In addition to the general advice given to all,both the physician and the nutrition worker en-deavor to discover every obstacle to each childsprogress, and recommend such changes as theneeds of the individual require. The nutritionworker visits the home to assist the parents inplanning for the essentials of health, and to seethat recommendations have been understoodand carried out. The special work of the physician and of thenutrition worker in connection with the class isdiscussed in the chapters following. Results Secured.—Successful treatment hithe majority of cases is both easy and sure, pro.vided either the physician, the nutrition worker,o

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