Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
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Author: Brown, Judith E.
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Chapter 9, Problem 5RQ
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To explain: Whether the statement, “This infant's nutritional needs can be met with exclusive feeds of breast milk.” is true or false.
Introduction: Breast feeding is an important phase in the life of both the mother and the infant. Breast milk provides the necessary nutrients, immunological functions and psychological support to the growing infant in his early stages of development.
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Read the following article below regarding BMI. 1) Describe the Body Mass Index and how it is used as an assessment tool. 2) From the article, describe how some people feel the BMI contributes to racial discrimination in the medical fields.
The table below shows the characteristics of
infants who were exclusively breastfed.
Characteristic
US National overall percentage
Male
Female
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic
Non-hispanic (white)
Non-hispanic (black)
Non-hispanic (Asian)
Sample Size
n
14,768
7.554
7,214
2.749
8,546
1.460
662
Exclusive Breastfeeding Exclusive Breastfeeding
through 3 months (%) through 6 months (%)
% half 95% CI
% ± half 95% CI
43.3 +16
21.9+1.4
415121
45.2 +23
40.3±3.8
48.0 +1,9
33.4±4.1
46.5 +7.5
20.6 ± 1.8
23.3 +2.0
20.8 +3.3
24.4 1.7
13.9 +2.9
26.9 +7.1
a) Describe the results shown in the table [2]
b) Suppose you wanted to conduct a study that
would encapsulate the prevalence of
breastfeeding in a community at a specific
point in time, what study design would you
pursue? [1]
c) If you had pursued your answer in (b), give 3
other other variables aside from and Race
would you consider? What kinds of variables
are these? [6]
Question 1: how would you promote Exclusive Breastfeeding among working class/ Corporate mothers using the following
Peer Education
Social Marketing
Media
Theater
In your answers, include the practical steps you would go through.
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