Sneaking In Dietary Education

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Sneaking In Dietary Education

• Little Slices of Information

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• Jeanne Ritter MS,RD,LD
• WIC/Child Health Program Coordinator
• Reno County Health Department

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Traditional
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Non -Traditional
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Low Income
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High Income
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Pregnancy
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Web site

• To help you "eyeball" what a standard portion
  size looks like, check a list created by Ellen
  Schuster, MS, RD, Oregon State University
  Extension Specialist, at
• http//www.orst.edu/Dept/ehe/nu_nf_ms.htm

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What Not To Eat
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Everything I eat makes me sick
I want to eat all the time
Is there anything that is not safe to eat?
I'm not gainning enough weight
I want to eat wierd stuff
I'm gaining too much weight
I don't like milk
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Postpartum
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Infants
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Breast Bottle Feeding
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Breastfeeding
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Bottle Feeding
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Solid Food
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we fed you like that and you turned out fine
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Family Meal Time
Does it really matter ?
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Parents Job

• Plan
• for positives
• Prepare
• and put food on the table
• Provide
• with patience

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Feeding the toddler

• You can get her to the table, but cant make her
  eat
• Have regular meals and snacks
• Dont short order cook
• Dont use food as a reward
• Serve small amounts
• Serve a variety of foods
• Limit juice and sweet beverages
• Avoid excessive milk
• Avoid foods that could cause choking
• Dont restrict food for the chubby child

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Feeding the preschooler

• Plan meals and snacks
• Avoid pressure to eat new foods
• Set standards for mealtime behavior
• Teach the child how to behave
• Dont restrict food or force food
• Turn off the TV

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Teaching the older child to make better eating
choices

• Serve a variety of nutritious foods
• Involve the child in menu planning
• Include the child in food preparation
• Teach about TV ads and prizes that mislead
  children (and adults!)
• Read food labels together

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The most powerful thing anybody can do to improve
performance is to build trust.With trust, comes
safety and with safety, people are willing to
take risks.

• Ed McCracken

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Sugar
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Sugar Intake

• 9 to 12 teaspoons of sugar in a 12 oz. Can of
  soda.
• Ounce per ounce this is the same as in juice.
• 2 cans of soda per day 3 cups sugar per week.
• 16 oz. of juice per day 2 cups sugar per week.
• Super size soda (40 oz.) almost ¾ cup of sugar

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Sugar intake

• 50 percent of preschoolers drink soft drinks
• 12 percent of preschoolers drink 9 ounces or more
  per day
• Daily consumption of sugar containing beverages
  linked with childhood obesity

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Fat in milk

• Drinking 16 ounces of whole milk per day for 7
  days is 9 tablespoons of fat per week
• Drinking 16 ounces of 1 milk per day for 7 days
  is 3 tablespoons of fat per week

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Eating Out ?
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Fat intake

• Refer to the handout on eating out
• Recommended fat intake for 5 year old children is
  30 percent of calories
• For 1 to 3 year olds, a daily estimate is 1300
  calories and 43 grams of fat
• For 4 to 6 year olds, a daily estimate is 1700
  calories and 57 grams of fat

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Nothing makes you think of the future like
holding it in your arms