Read the Lecture Extension 7.1, How Children Can Come to Prefer High-Fat Foods. Your assignment
is to review the literature on children’s nutrition and food preferences and prepare a weekly menu for
children (early and middle childhood as well as adolescence) based on your findings. Consider the fat,
sugar and salt content of the food you select for the menu. Based on your experience with what
constitutes a balanced diet. Also consider the proteins, carbohydrates, and fats in the foods you select
for the menu. Why are you recommending certain foods? Why are you restricting certain foods? What
types of foods are used as rewards, if any? Will the menu change during the holidays and for special
occasions?
https://www.myplate.gov/
https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn
https://www.myplate.gov/eat-healthy/fruits
https://www.bones.nih.gov/health-info/bone/bone-health/juvenile
