Calories for a 5 year old girl?!
Question: How many calories does a 5 year old girl need a day? She's active and totally normal.
Thank you!
Answers: How many calories does a 5 year old girl need a day? She's active and totally normal.
Thank you!
Not enough info. I agree with the others- if she's healthy, don't fret too much. I think if I had a five-year-old who ate a pop tart, I'd not get excited. But three is a bit much at any one time.
However, this is about more than just nutrition, it's about the quasi-religion of eating disorders. I suspect a lot of what happened within your friends head was projection. She was thinking of what would happen if an adult shoved all those empty calories into her body.
I think she's so emotionally focussed on her own eating habits, that she panicked when someone did something less than ideal. This is about her reaction, not the child's nutrition. Help your friend by getting her to look objectively at her reaction as much as at the child's behavior. Be well ... -r
Uuuhhh, you shouldn't be counting calories for a 5yr old. If she's overweight start feeding her well balanced meals and cut out the junk, pop, juice w/sugar, candy, treats, etc. If she's not overweight just let her be.
Don't count calories for a 5 year old. Just feed her as much healthy food as she wants. Little tummys need to eat often. You can have your regularly planned meals, but be sure she can have many HEALTHY snacks. The key is healthy. Fruit and veggies being the best idea.
No offence but counting calories 4 a five year old girl is really really sad.Little kids shouldn't be worring about calories.She should eat a balanced diet and just b active(Most kids r)
I'm not sure about caloric intake, but I do know that poptarts to a 5 year old are like jager shots to an adult. It's a 1 to 1 ratio.