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...taper. A child typically triples its birth weight during the first 12 months, but babies don't normally approach the quadruple mark until their second birthday. With growth slowing, toddlers need fewer calories per kilogram than infants, but not many parents seem to know that. In fact, because toddlers tend to be pickier than infants and are less interested in sitting still for a meal, parents often grow concerned that their kids aren't eating enough. "It becomes a vicious cycle where the parent is chasing the toddler around with a spoon, trying to get him to eat," says...
...eight-year study of 70 baby-mother pairs at the University of Tennessee, published in 2002, confirmed that food preferences are established early: 8-year-olds usually like the same foods they did when they were 4, and preferences are often formed as early as age 2. Mothers tend not to offer their babies food they dislike themselves. So if Mom can't bear Brussels sprouts, chances are her child will never taste them...
...already not eating enough vegetables. According to the 2002 survey, Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS), which tracked the diets of more than 3,000 tots, a quarter of 9-to-11-month-olds do not routinely consume even one helping of vegetables a day. Those who do tend to have the least nutritious kind. By 9 months, potatoes, either mashed or fried, are the most commonly consumed vegetable; by 12 months, 13% of babies eat French fries every day, according to FITS, which was conducted by Mathematica Policy Research and sponsored by Gerber Products...
...founders created the organization in 1984 to protest the University’s refusal to include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy. The lobbying efforts of the HGLC were successful, and in 1985, the University expanded the policy.According to Parry, older gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) alumni tend to have had less-than-ideal Harvard experiences because they remained closeted while at Harvard. In response, Parry says, these alumni choose to join the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus because of their “desire to make the [Harvard experience] better for Harvard students today...
...possible for Harvard to see a larger share of women if the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) continues to increase socioeconomic diversity on campus. A great deal of research—including research from Goldin and Katz—has found that in lower socioeconomic brackets, females tend have higher college enrollment rates than males. For the Class of 2010, according to Fitzsimmons, 53 percent of HFAI students are women.Fitzsimmons says that the College’s admissions officers “don’t know what will happen to the gender ratio over time...