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diet, intellectual development, a child's growth, development divided into four periods, infancy, preschool years, middle childhood years, adolescence, after birth, an infant, loses approximately 5% to 10% of birth weight, 2 weeks of age, an infant should start to have rapid weight gain, growth, by 4 to 6 months of age, an infant's weight, double the birth weight, second half, the first year of life, growth, between the ages of 1, a toddler, gain only, 5 pounds, weight gain, remain at, 5 pounds per year between the ages of 2, between the ages of 2, 10 years, a child, continue to grow at a steady pace, a final growth spurt begins, the onset of puberty, sometime between the ages of 9, nutrient needs correspond, changes in rates of growth, meaning an infant needs more calories in relation to size than a preschooler, school-age child needs, nutrient needs increase again, a child approaches adolescence, generally, a healthy child, follow an individual growth curve despite variations in nutrient intake, parents, care givers should provide a diet appropriate, each child's age, should offer a wide variety of foods to ensure adequate nutrition, intellectual development and diet, malnutrition has been associated, serious problems, intellectual development, a child who is undernourished, experience early fatigue, unable to fully participate in learning at school, additionally, malnutrition, increase the susceptibility to illness, possibly causing a child to miss school, children who, chronically undernourished have unacceptable growth patterns accompanied by scholastic underachievement, a good variety of food choices, adequate intake, essential to achieve the best possible intellectual development, breakfast is particularly important, children, feel fatigued, sleepy, unmotivated, breakfast is skimpy, skipped altogether, nutrition, considered critical enough to intellectual development that, government programs have been put in place to insure at least one healthy, balanced meal a day, children, breakfast, the relationship between breakfast, improved learning has been clearly demonstrated, programs, available in impoverished, underserved areas, the united states.