Identifier: nutritiongrowth00emer (find matches)
Title: Nutrition and growth in children
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Emerson, William R. P. (William Robie Patten), b. 1869
Subjects: Children Growth
Publisher: New York, London, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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averageshould then be made, which will afford an op-portunity for the burning up of some of thestored tissue. If the loss in weight each weekdoes not exceed two pounds, the child will feelbetter while the reduction is going on, and willshow a constant increase in efficiency. If there is no loss of weight with a reductionof one-third the amount of food usually taken,a further reduction of 100 calories per dayshould be made, until it is found what amountof food will bring about the desired rate of loss.The total amount may be reduced to 800 or 900calories per day, if necessary, without causingsymptoms of starvation. The character of the food habitually takenshould be changed so as to reduce or eliminateall foods of high caloric value, such as fat meats,butter, cream, candy, made dishes, pastry,and chocolate, and to substitute in their placelean meats, fruits, and vegetables, salads withlittle oil, bran muffins and bulky foods whichwill satisfy the appetite and prevent constipa-tion. 160
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Figure 25 as overweight girt. Louise at twelve years was 100 pounds overwefght. Hor nbvsicalgrowth examination failed to disclose a single defect, nor did an X-ravexamination of the sella turcica, etc.. show any abnormalitv. Her over-weight condition was due to faulty food habits. The right half of thepicture shows the result of restricting her diet to about SOO caloriesper day—a loss of 75 pounds in 32 weeks. An increase in height atthe same time brought her into better proportions Herprogress is shown graphically in Figure 20 THE OVERWEIGHT CHILD Although successful treatment is essentiallya matter of diet, physical exercise which is notoverfatiguing will also assist the process of re-duction. Swimming, rowing, walking, and mod-erate exercise of any kind should be encouraged,but it is necessary to remember that manyoverweight children do not have sufficientstrength for hard exertion, and have to traingradually for heavier tasks. Influence of Heredity.—While the naturaltendency t

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