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Diet and Nutrition |
Children's nutrition serving sizes07/13/2004 |
Can you please tell me the serving size requirements for children 9 and 10? I read 3-4 servings of vegetables and 2-3 of fruits but that seems like a lot of vegetables in one day! Thank-you!
According to the American Dietetic Association, children should have 2-3 servings of fruits and 3-5 servings of vegetables daily. That may sound like a lot, until you realize what one serving is equal to. For fruits, one serving is equal to 1 apple, « cup canned or chopped fruit, or 3/4 cup juice. For vegetables, one serving is equal to 1 cup raw leafy vegetables or « cup cooked or chopped raw vegetables. When you actually measure out a « cup serving, you will see that it is not as overwhelming in size as you may have originally thought. If your child is resistant to eating vegetables, you may want to take the advice of Ellyn Satter, RD, ACSW. In her book "How to Get Your Kid to Eat.But Not Too Much" she states, it is important to present vegetables to your child "matter-of-factly, eating the food yourself, and letting children approach them on their own. In that way, eventually they learn to like them. If you try to force vegetables on your child, about the best you can hope for is that eventually he will grow up and eat his vegetables because he should, just like you do." She also offers this advice, "While you are waiting for your child to learn to like vegetables, you can offer other foods that have vitamin A in them, like milk and dark orange fruits (peaches, apricots, and watermelon). If you offer substitutes, though, do it matter-of-factly. Don't make it look like you are short order cooking. If you can keep from putting pressure on his vegetable consumption, left to his own devices, one fine day he may even begin to LIKE vegetables."
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Jane Korsberg, MS, RD, LD Senior Instructor Department of Nutrition School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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