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School Age Children and their Nutritional Needs.

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School age children have different nutritional needs than older adults. Those needs are a result of several factors included in this presentation.

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School age children need the proper nutrition to help them keep up their energy level, build strong bones and healthy tissues. Those needs are explained, as well as the factors that influence the proper nutrition.

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Carmel Philistin, MBA/HCM
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  • MBA/HCM, Phoenix University
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