Pediatric Nutrition in Practice - 3rd edition

Infancy and childhood are the most critical periods in one's life in which nutrition should be prioritized. Rapid physical growth, as well as functional development may have lasting effects where nutrition plays a big role in times of health and disease. This publication provides healthcare workers practical information and quick guidance on current nutrition issues of infants, children, and adolescents. Covered here are specific aspects of childhood nutrition, such as in the different measures of nutritional assessment, specific nutrient requirements, food safety, and gastrointestinal development. This also looks into nutrition of healthy infants, children and adolescents-from breastfeeding and complementary feeding, to nutrition in early life to adolescence, alongside nutrition in pregnancy and lactation, allergy prevention and vegetarian diets. Lastly, nutritional challenges in both affluent and poor populations around the world are also discussed, such as in different forms of malnutrition, and some diseases which may require nutritional management.