Nutrition and growth in children (1922) (14597687489)

Dorothea after treatment for malnutrition

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

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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uation. A quiet room large enough to accommodateabout fifty persons should be provided for thenutrition class, where it will be free from inter-ruption. The class meets once a week at aregular hour, and the children come to the class-room accompanied by their parents. No childshould be admitted regularly to the class exceptat the request of his parents, because their co-operation and interest are essential factors insuccessful treatment. Class Procedure.—As the children arrive theyare weighed by the nutrition worker, and theirweight recorded on the charts. Each childbrings a 48-hour diet list, which is checked upby the nutrition worker or her assistants, notonly with reference to its total food value, butalso for the kinds of food taken, and especiallyto note whether it contains in sufficient amountmilk, cereal, and other essential foods. Theaverage number of calories is recorded on theweight chart, whore it often affords significantcomparison with the rise or fall of the weight 186

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Figure 29. tiie case of Dorothea, after treatment Notice the transformation ia hoth mental and physical condition fol-lowing Itie increase in weiglit s-liowu in Figure JS. Dorotheas mothersa.vs. Her whole disposition lias (hanged, she laughs, and is cheerfuland happy. She overcame lier finicky likes and dislikes and faithfullycarried out the directions -iven because she was anxiousto become well and strong. THE NUTRITION CLASS Ime. The nutrition worker also questions thechild in regard to his activities during the pre-ceding week, and seeks to find the cause in caseof failure to gain. Notes of her findings areadded to the childs record for the doctors in-formation. A blue star is affixed to the weight chart toindicate that rest periods have been faithfullytaken during the week, and a red star providesa similar record in regard to lunches. A greenstar may be used to record the attendance ofone or both parents. This encourages regularattendance on the part of the parents, and maybe of i

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