Nutrition for Children
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TextPublication details: Oxford Blackwell Scientific Publication c1986Description: xi,164p.: ill.; 21cmISBN: - 0632014784
- RJ206 .F73 1986
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Includes Bibliographical references and Index
Contents: Introduction; Nutrition in health and disease; Overweight and obesity; Vitamins and minerals; Appendices.
Abstract: A reference text for parents and professionals details the nutritional needs of infants and children for promoting optimal growth and provides practical guidelines for infant/child nutritional feeding based on current scientific knowledge. The text addresses 3 specific areas of child nutrition: the role of nutrition in health and disease; the etiology, treatment, and management of overweight and obesity in children; and the role of vitamins and minerals in promoting child nutritional health. Information also is included on catabolic states, enteral feedin in children, infant feeding and weaning, and special therapeutic dietary regimens. Reference information is included in tabular form throughout the text and in 4 appendices; literature citations are appended to each of the 3 principal sections of the text
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