Identifier: nutritiongrowthi00emer (find matches)
Title: Nutrition and growth in children
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Emerson, William Robie Patten, 1869-
Subjects: Children Growth Child Nutrition
Publisher: New York, London : D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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id, the ef-fect of drugs, and children who are recoveringfrom long continued illness. It is a common error to take it for grantedthat a child will never attain average size be-cause he is supposed to take after some un-dersized uncle or grandfather. It is easy tofall back upon heredity, and say, *He will neverbe a large man for he is just like my father.While a child may inherit certain traits fromone ancestor, he may, in other respects, resem-ble another of very different characteristics.Furthermore, it is unfair to a child to set limitsto his physical development until he has beengiven every possible chance to reach the bestgrowth that is in him. He should be expected tocome up to normal until every cause that mightcheck his growth has been removed. The application of the seven per cent rule toany group of children will identify from 80 to90 per cent of those in urgent need of nutri-tional care. Borderline Cases.—There will also be founda considerable number of borderline cases 16
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Figure 3. now to measure This shows the correct position for mcasiirini: heiiiht. The child standswith IVet together, with heels. Imck. and head toiuhinij the wall. Abook or block resting on tlic top of the head and licid against the wallIs more accurate than a ruler or flexible rod which is apt to slipdown at the back. A tape measure attached to thewall indicates the number of inches. IDENTIFYING THE MALNOURISHED CHILD who are less than seven per cent underweight,and who may, if neglected, easily fall furtherbelow their normal standard. These childrenshould be brought up to proper condition aswell, for, while they may not be strictly calledmalnourished, they are proportionately lessable to endure special strain or sudden illness. Ideal Weight.—It must be recognized thatany table made up of averages is only an ap-proximate standard, and every child has hisown individual normal standard which he willreach under sufficiently favorable conditions.Many children in our nutrition classes

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