Show VIer to ta w 1 w YotH You Q C lId CAN LOVE OVERCOME MALNUTRITION Parental love and recognition recognition recognition of a child at mealtime meal mealtime mealtime time may have hav more to do with his nutritional well- well being than just providing an adequate food supply according to Dr Joseph Cravi Cravioto to professor of pediatrics pediatrics pediatrics at the University of Mexico Dr Cravioto told tolda a recent professional symposium sym sym- lm on the family sponsored by the Johnson Johnson Institute for P Pediatric Service of studies in chile chil malnutrition he has been conducting With the same quantity and quality of food available available available avail avail- able to them children who were shown affection by parents and who participated participated in family discussions and songfests at meals were far healthier than those who were ignored or made to feel unwanted at the dinner table he reported Dr Dl Cravioto pointed out too that he found that in families where food was used as more than a L aa pt a. a w tool where the aroma and appearance of the food were here important parts of meal time activity- activity children tended to be healthier and stronger The social environment environment- not the food itself itself was was s actually ac actually ac- ac rl the key factor in a achild's achild's childs child's attitude and appetite at meal time he concluded from Cram his studies In addition to the dinner table phenomenon Dr Cravioto also noted a significantly significantly cantly lower incidence of child malnutrition in families families families fam fam- where mothers encouraged encouraged encouraged aged children verbally and provided them with free free- moving toys |