Coutts A
City University, St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, London.
Br J Nurs. 2001;10(1):26-31. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2001.10.1.5399.
This is the third in this series of articles examining nutrition and the life cycle. The first considered current thinking regarding nutrition in pregnancy (Vol 9(17): 1133-8), and the second discussed nourishing the infant, particularly in relation to weaning (Vol 9(21): 2205-16). This article considers nutrition and the older child. The school years are characterized by increasing independence from parents and exposure to values from outside the home. After being neglected for some years, childhood nutrition is again giving cause for concern. Some children are not eating enough, or not the right nutrients at the right time, while others are becoming overweight, with possible severe long-term effects on their health. Many of these problems are not related to poverty, but rather to changes in lifestyle. Some older children, however, are undernourishing themselves in an attempt to obtain a particular body shape. The last two articles in this series will review nutrition in adulthood and in older years.
这是本系列探讨营养与生命周期的第三篇文章。第一篇文章探讨了当前关于孕期营养的观点（第9卷第17期：1133 - 1138页），第二篇文章讨论了婴儿喂养问题，特别是与断奶相关的内容（第9卷第21期：2205 - 2216页）。本文将探讨大龄儿童的营养问题。学龄期的特点是孩子越来越独立于父母，并接触到家庭以外的价值观。在被忽视了若干年后，儿童营养问题再次引发关注。一些孩子没有摄入足够的食物，或者在合适的时间没有摄入正确的营养素，而另一些孩子则体重超重，这可能会对他们的健康产生严重的长期影响。这些问题中的许多并非与贫困相关，而是与生活方式的改变有关。然而，一些大龄儿童为了获得特定的体型而营养不良。本系列的最后两篇文章将回顾成年期和老年期的营养问题。
