Discuss how growth rate affects the eating habits of preschool children, and examine the most common nutritional problems of preschoolers
What will be an ideal response?
Students should indicate that since children grow more slowly between the ages of
2 and 6 than they did in the first two years of life, their appetites are smaller. The
most common nutritional problems of preschoolers are insufficient intake of iron,
zinc, and calcium, all of which can be avoided with a proper diet.
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