Nutrition

• For an infant from age 0-6 months and 6 months to 1 year? How does this compare to your energy and protein intake? You will need to figure out your kcal and protein intake as g/kg/day in order to make this comparison.

The daily calories intake, according to the institute of medicine of the national academies, is 520 calories and should not exceed 570. The protein intake is different for boy and girl infants. It is 1.49 g/kg/day and for girls it is 1.53g/kg/day. Compared with mine, I would require approximately 2340 calories per day.

• factors to consider when to introduce solid foods to infants

Mothers would consider the time they are available with their babies so that they can breastfeed them. In some culture, modern equipment like infant milk bottle are believed to contain a chemical PDA which is harmful to the infants health. They are therefore chose to continue breast feeding the baby. In others, mothers out of ignorance think that solid introduction would bring health kids and they start of early. Other factors include level of resources availability. In some countries, dairy milk is hard to come by. Mothers who also risk malnourished introduce their infants to solid food at an earlier stage.

• At what point is solid food recommended to be added to an infant's diet? Nutritionally speaking, why is this? Each infant is different, so how can it be determined when a certain infant is ready for solid foods?

Breast milk is recommended for the first 6 months of infant life. It provides the primary source of proteins. Besides, the milk contains vital elements necessary for the immunity growth of the infant. Studies have revealed that infants who were breast fed up to their first months had little risk of getting diseases like asthma, eczema ,ottitis media and obesity later in their lives. The choice of when to supplement breast milk is rather complex. Dietary requirements have to establish for all the infants exposed to various conditions, the results of...