The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-30
FOOD FOR
CHILDREN
CHILD REQUIRES MORE
FOOD THAN GROWN PEOPLE
But GREAT CARE SHOULD
BE TAKEN

a. tu The quantity of fool they re-
uuire. 4 healty, well-born child Is
probably a better Judge OF the
amount OF iood it requires than IL
parent. We DO not arbitrarily >topa
baby nursing when Is is eagerly de
vuuring its meal, f~r We have tear u
ed that W hen 1t has becomF >'tished
il will cease TO eat OF its oSn nc.
cord.
Instinc' must certainly he relied
anon, bu. we must remember tbht
children are not ideally healthy, and
that because they and We are 20
far from nature we mnst have re-
course to science for help in this as
OF her subjects.
A. regaris quantity, then, We
must have IN mud that chill re-
ouires relatively more TODD than his
elders, for obvious reasons. The
Darent has certain brain and
muscular wo-k TO accomplish, the
mower of which comes mainly from
his fp,d He must also alDtain
hls bodily heat. and this he is con
stantly expending III work "a well
as radlatlng from his body. This
heat and these lessons must be
made good by TODD. But the child
of the school age, from seven TO
fourteen wears, must not only DO all
this but much more. H must not
only hold his own, but must daiiy
add new material TO his little BODY
aud lay up plus balance ct meet
the demands Of bis rapidly growing
organism.
Children suffer more during
famine than adults, and 1t Is prooa-
hle that with them ruorc danger is
incurred by nnderieedlnI than by
overlooking. They certainly re-
quire an abundance.
OF what shall this abundance
consist? What shall the growing
child eat?
II we were to aual,ze the constl'
tuition of our food IN general We
should find that we ate nitrogen
and calb and hydrogen and phos-
phorus IN various form, "A W. II as
IRON and soda and potash with
other mineralS, III proportions that
vary with the kIn'i of diet We
adopt. Aud We have very good
reason for briieving that some oil
these food stutf> contribute more
directl, than others to bodily en'
ergy, and that this energy may oe
increased Oh diminished by giving
or Unfolding certain OF these
elements.
When, for instance, a man Is
training for a boat race-aE effort
calling tor muscular exer' "a s
we'll AZ nervous endurance. hr INes
largely upon meat nitrogen
supplying food. When he has tt
endure great cold ne seeks fatty
food--a carbohydrate food, ~ eyl
denced 10 the E>Quimaux aud othtl
dwellers in arctic regions.
What are the physical require
mentS OF the growing chl,dS He II
developing bone and muscle at al
enormous rate, and AL of his inter
nal argans must keep pace Will
TINS <. nerai growth.
His height, for instance, which
means the growth OF his skeletin
increses on an average from on
and three-qual inches to tW'
| inches per year up To the age o
twelve, and for the succeeding tw
or three years Qong-r for boy b
may Increase i'll some cases iion
| three to four inches. His weigh
gains four to ten pounds yearly, Il
some cases NOR than this. II
making brain, to is well as usin
~ nervous energy all of this TIME
and the demand for this or"
must also be met.
Now while all the food stuff
that We eat have a general relatio
to growth and nutIltIou, CO. tai
elements have peculiar adapti
bllity to building mp special tl-sne
Lean meat offers one of the no,
dlgestible and concentrated form
of obtaining nitrogen which it co
tains principally IN the form
albumen, and nitro.enou> foe
especially promotes muscular
we'll as nervous energy, and Il
5 energy obtained from tins food a
pears to be liberated more quick
E than from other stnffs 1t is al
believed that such food has
special influence in forming r