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...wrong kinds of food--crackers, candy and soda, for example--can impair a child's development as well. In fact, children's diets in the U.S. have got so far out of whack that half of American kids now consume less than the recommended daily allowance for iron, calcium or zinc--three key minerals vital to the growth of small bodies...
...term health is profoundly influenced by what we eat and drink in infancy and early childhood. Researchers are uncovering distinct "windows of opportunity" in which various cells in the body are most receptive to--and most in need of--particular nutrients. For example, studies suggest that a lack of iron early in life can lead to as much as a four-point drop in IQ. At the same time, there's a lot that researchers still don't know, particularly about what makes those hated vegetables so good for you and your kids...
...taste a lot like the ones fed to kids in day-care centers today, but these are fortified. We all know that real food--like apples and bananas--is better, but if you're giving your kid cheese crackers anyway, there's nothing wrong with adding a little extra iron, calcium and zinc...
...wind up doing more math than you expected. Each box has a nutrition label that tells you how much of 14 vitamins and minerals is included. A Cookie Bar, for example, contains 3 mg of iron, or 30% of the daily value for a toddler. Nine Cracker Bites contain 20% of a day's iron. So your child would get 100% of the daily value for iron by eating 3 1/3 Cookie Bars, or 18 Cracker Bites plus two Cookie Bars. "Vitamin supplements are easier," says Susan B. Roberts, author of Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health (and no relation...
...body was found at noon the next day under a tree in the Moxley yard. She lay in a 3-ft. pool of blood; her head had been bludgeoned some 14 times with a blunt instrument, and the sharp, broken shaft of that instrument, a Toney Penna 6-iron golf club, had been driven into her throat...