Show Baby's Food Must Supply Two Factors By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of th the American Medical association and of H gel a tho the Health Magazine If It a baby continued throughout life to grow as rapidly as It Jt does in infancy it would weigh many tons ton before beCore its death That illustrates illustrate why children need food for growth as well as energy A child grows much more rapidly than han an adult Thus the average tot ot weighing n pounds at birth births birth birth- boys s being usually a little larger large than han girls girls doubles doubles Its birth weight weigh by y the end of the fifth month and trebles it in a year A baby th that t is fed on breast milk mill usually grows a a little more rapidly than one who is artificially fed But Bu It if f the little one is fed ed artificially l in Inthe the he proper way its rate of growth will equal that of the breast ted infant In selecting the diet of your your- your child chile chIld other factors too must be con con- j A new Jew baby while a asleep leep uses up twice as many calories pc per pound jound of weight as its mother does That explains why babies have t to tobe toe be e well covered when they ar are asleep They give off oft more heat hent and if It they are ate not well covered the he infants use up their body tissues to o restore the lost heat Very tiny babies have to be kept warm with hot water bottles or In incubators Incubator As a child grows his energy needs Increase The period of adolescence Is s one of great muscular activity Vh Whereas reas a year-old year child uses up about calories daily dally at 2 years e rs he needs 1200 at S 5 1500 at 10 2500 and at 1 15 years of age calories a day An excessively thin child ma may have to 10 o take extra amounts of food to gain weight Thus of ot two 8 year olds Ids a very large boy will need more food bod than an sized average-sized one The more exercise a 1 child hits has the he more food tood he should cat eat As he grows rows older his energy needs will wili begin egin to decline and he no longer will need food to support growth but ut only for activity and health Sometimes though the habits of ot F eating acquired during the growing period are arc carried into maturity in Jr I which case casc overweight is almost certain ertain to occur People who do not take ake much exercise yet eat cat large amounts mounts of ot food not only gain extra weight but also develop digestive troubles roubles These points must be kept in mindin mind in n choosing a diet for tor the child In addition there are certain dietary factors actors essential for health and growth to be considered These I J I discuss in later articles in this series erics |