Show 41 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 IH I H 1 1 11 M HH 1 IM iia n H SOME HINTS ABOUT DIET FOR CHILDREN by NELLIE MAXWELL 1 A food mother does doe not hear the mulo 10 sio 0 of the dance when her children cry cr from the german LL foods given the child should be ALL simple nell ell cooked and easy to digest as vi aall ell as attractively served the ne mother who teaches her child to like various kinds of food must taste I 1 and season them to be sure that they are palatable poor cooking and unattractive serving Is often the cause of AL A childs lifelong dislike for certain good foods A A well balanced diet for a normal child will include the growth and bone and tooth building foods in the following dally daily amounts one pint to one quart of milk plain or in cooked dishes two servings of fruit fresh as 4 oranges apples bananas and lemons there should be two to three servings of vegetables one root vegetable and nd one or more green vegetable including cl a leafy one served uncooked nuts should be ground or served in butters tor for the younger children and nests meats in moderate quantities cereals breads and cereal products are needed to provide energy these thesa are important in the case of a rapidly growing adolescent boy who mile needs more food than a grown man to supply his dally daily needs and build his body for butter and fats fata there should be one part of fat to four parts of starch and sweet foods the liquid required for dally consumption should be six els glasses fruit juices milk and water supply this during adolescence children of both sexes need more food to supply the rapid growth too frequently girls develop a fickle appetite and the food inual be tempting going without breakfast may be indulged by hearty healthy adults but never in a growing child it Is dangerous for both present and future health citrus foods have a special advantage in the childs diet they furnish needed food elements in a pleasing form As drinks desserts and salads salada and as flavoring for other foods they hold a large place in the diet A glass of orange juice ghen to a child who has hag a sour stomach will re have the trouble and Is taken with pleasure A child to colds and sim liar affections will be built up in re el al stence by cod liver oil A child from six to ten years will have the proper tooth and bone building material in one quart of milk one egg SS one of a head of lettuce or its equivalent in cabbage or celery the juice of halt half a lemon and sufficient orange juice to make a cupful with any desired amount of fresh raw fruit or vegetables if eaten dally daily for a child from ten to eighteen the gg 99 Is increased to two lettuce to one fourth of a head one lemon and orange juice to make two cupfuls taken in two portions portion one for breakfast and the second at dinner failure to gain weight usually means undernourishment malnutrition may be the result of several dlf ferent causes such as a improper or insufficient food diseased tonsils ton sils ade decayed teeth undernourishment may follow illness or poor health caused by lack of rest sleep or fresh air the symptoms of malnutrition are listlessness nervousness being fret frel ful tiring easily drooping shoulders muscles flabby teeth poor 0 1130 1930 western warn newspaper Nw oper union |