Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-06 | Page 6 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service THE MIDDAY MEAL FOR THE YOUNG CHILD Editors Editor's note This is the first of two articles by bv Dr Fishbein on midday midday midday mid mid- day meals meals' for young children The second will appear tomorrow By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Medi cal Association and of Hygeia the Health Magazine With the gradually increasing In intensity in- in of modern life mothers are tending more and more to place small children in nurseries and in m nursery schools not only for a few hours bours of instruction n in the morning but also for the midday luncheon and for the afternoon The importance of properly selected food is generally recognized Therefore Therefore There There- fore it is well that the United States department of agriculture has now made available a bulletin by Mary E E. Sweeny and Charlotte Charlotle Chatfield on proper midday meals There have been many studies as to lo what is the proper amount of food for tor children at various ages The amount I of food the child requires and the amount It may want ar are governed by its appetite its food habits by the manner in which the food is prepared and the way in which it is eaten Careful prep preparation ration and attractive service aid the appetite Food that is burned undercooked lumpy or too hot may destro destroy appetite and develop prejudices that can be overcome only ony with months of reeducation Children who are too tired from play or from insufficient sleep will wm show lack of or interest in food Following Following Following Fol Fol- lowing any emotional upset the Ute tite is disturbed It is not advisable under such conditions to urge the child to lo eat eal a full meal Everyone knows that children may be educated to lo cat eat more foods and that they will imitate their elders ciders Children who are arc finicky eaters at al home may eat eal ever everything set sel before them when visiting a friend or eating caling at the nursery school The child may be able to get away with tantrums or tears lears at home in the nursery school there is no coaxing threatening or encouragement of emotional outbursts The child that has become accustomed to raising a disturbance about its food develops various in ingenious enious devices for for avoiding or delaying eating Little children have difficulty in handling food that is improperly pre pre- I pared Eating utensils must be small and the food must be easy to pick up A lettuce leaf that can be picked up with the fin fingers ers or a finely chopped lettuce sandwich Is much easier to lo eat cat than lettuce cut cul up into a salad that has to be eaten with a fork In order to aid development of the teeth and jaws food for the child should be such as to lo demand some chewing but tough foods are ue nol not ad ad- Tomorrow What to prepare for tor the young childs child's noon meal