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"Manual of Pediatric Nutrition, Fourth Edition", is a comprehensive guide that provides an overview of nutritional care for both healthy and ill paediatric patients. Featuring a new team of expert authors and utilising exhaustive formulary, the manual provides practical management advice for common paediatric illnesses, including obesity, cystic fibrosis, short bowel syndrome, among others. The manual outlines current nutritional therapy based on the latest literature. ... Read more

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Research has shown that humans respond differently to diets and, moreover, that they display varying predispositions to many diet-dependent metabolic and degenerative diseases. The focus of nutritional science is thus shifting from dietary guidelines for populations to individualized foods and diets. It is the aim of nutrigenomics to assign this human diversity in nutritional response to diet - as well as the subsequent consequences to human health - to specific genetic elements. At the same time, evidence suggests that diet itself is a critical determinant of human diversity.This publication focuses on the differences of humans as infants and children with respect to nutritional needs and responses to diet. For this purpose, four main points are discussed, namely: how do children differ in view of genetic diversity, environmental inputs, prior imprinting, and resident microflora; what are the immediate and long-term consequences of these differences; can we accurately assess them; and, how can we act on these differences.Supplying answers to some crucial issues, as well as identifying directions for further research and practical applications by the food industry, this publication is an important source of information for all those involved in the subject of diet and individual responses. ... Read more

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This evidence-based tool is a comprehensive guide to nutrition assessment and nutrient requirements of infants and children - from birth to 18 years of age. Screening and risk assessment, anthropometric assessment, health history and development, diet and feeding assessment, assessment of the family environment, and macronutrient and micronutrient requirements are covered. Includes the most recent recommendations of the Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity. ... Read more

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Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Summarizes new information on specific areas of nutritional support and intestinal, hepatic, and pancreatic disorders. Examines the supply, digestion, absorption, and metabolic utilization of lipids and their importance for growth, body composition, health, and well-being. ... Read more

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In this volume, leading international experts in nutrition, pediatrics, internal medicine, sports medicine, and the basic sciences provide a balanced, objective view of the role of sugars in health and disease. The contributors examine the digestion, absorption, metabolism, and physiological effects of sugars, present new insights on congenital and acquired disorders of sugar digestion, absorption, and metabolism, and assess the relationship of sugar to obesity, diabetes, hyperinsulinemia, and hypertension. ... Read more

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This volume presents clinical and basic science information on the various forms of hereditary and acquired rickets and osteomalacia that are encountered in current medical practice. An international group of experts examines the pathophysiology and clinical features of dietary calcium deficiency rickets, vitamin D deficiency rickets, vitamin D pseudodeficiency, and heritable hypophosphatemic rickets, and offers authoritative guidelines on prevention, differential diagnosis and treatment. Close attention is given to the public health problem of vitamin D deficiency rickets in developing countries, as well as to advances in the diagnosis and management of genetically determined vitamin-resistant forms of rickets. ... Read more

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A complete state-of-the-art manual on nutritional support for ICU patients, the present book, written by internationally renowned specialists, addresses fundamental aspects of the pathophysiological response to injury as well as practical issues of nutritional care. New features include an analysis of gene polymorphism and its possible consequences for the survival of traumatized patients. A better understanding of this process could become a basis for defining new nutritional strategies, hence the discussion on indications for immune-enhancing diets. Of special interest is the research on copathologies (i.e. obesity) which can change the prognosis of ICU patients who thus require specific nutritional support. Entirely new is the merging of the recommendations of international and national societies (e.g. ASPEN, ESPEN), first realized for this publication. This book is a basic tool for any professional in the field of nutritional care for ICU patients: intensivists, surgeons, pharmacists, dieticians, and PhD students. ... Read more

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Humanity is aging. In the last century, life expectancy has increased by as much as 25 years, the greatest increase in 5'000 years of history. As a consequence the elderly constitute today the fastest growing segment of the world's population. This new situation creates many social problems and challenges to health care which both the developed as well as the developing countries will have to cope with. The present publication shows that scientific progress has reached a level where nutritional interventions may play a decisive part in the prevention of degenerative conditions of age, improvement of quality of life and impact on health care burden and resources. Topics deal with such different aspects as the influence of prenatal and early infant nutrition on the future aged individual and effects of energetic restriction on longevity. Further contributions include studies on mitochondrial alterations, digestive problems, specific metabolic deviations mediated by insulin, and bone degradation. ... Read more

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This volume reviews recent findings about nutrient utilization in low birthweight infants and offers up-to-date nutritional guidelines for these infants. Noted experts examine the influence of energy and protein intakes on body compsotion; offer specific recommendations on energy and protein intake; explain the impact of environmental temperature on the infant's utilization of energy; suggest ways of improving fat digestion and absorption; establish requirements for long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; and discuss the protein requirements of neonates with infections. Full consideration is given to calcium, phosphorus, and magensium requirements and to vitamin A,D, E, and K supplementation. The book also describes a new approach to partial parenteral nutrition for extremely low birthweight infants. ... Read more

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Malnutrition in childhood can effect immune function, energy level and ability to learn. This handbook contains the necessary tools to identify children at nutritional risk, assess nutritional status, estimate nutritional requirements and provide practical information to parents. The book includes a thorough review of the nutritional issues which should be addressed at each well-child check-up. ... Read more

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Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Chapman & Hall Series in Clinical Nutrition. Reference for pediatricians or hospital nutritionists on the provision of liquid formula diets by mouth or tube into a child's gastrointestinal tract. 48 contributors, 46 U.S. ... Read more

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Throughout the developing world, children are suffering from the severe consequences micronutrient deficiencies have on their healthy development. However, early malnutrition is not a problem confined to that part of the world. It may also affect infants born prematurely, children living in poverty and new immigrants to developed countries. Written by leading investigators and clinicians, this publication begins with a review of the epidemiology of micronutrient deficiencies. Further chapters deal with stable isotope methods in research, new etiological aspects such as the impact of micronutrient interactions, bioavailability and infectious diseases, as well as the effects of socio- and geopolitical factors. Another section focuses on the implications of micronutrient deficiencies and psycho-motor development, immune function and bone growth, with regard also to the economic impact. Finally an update on specific strategies to address micronutrient deficiencies is provided. ... Read more

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This volume examines the long-term consequences of nutritional status during the critical periods of intrauterine and early postnatal life. The major areas of emphasis are the outcome of malnutrition and the impact of early programming on the evolution of risk markers for cardiovascular disease, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Coverage includes studies on the effects of malnutrition on somatic and mental development, the relationship of early fatty acid supply to mental development, and the long-term consequences of iron deficiency and lead toxicity. Close attention is given to the impact of early cholesterol intake on adult cholesterol metabolism anbd atherogenesis, the role of early sodium intake in the development of adult hypertension, and the relationship of early caloric intake to adult obesity. Other contributors explore the role of dietary exposure to certain antigens in the aetiology of type I diabetes and atopic diseases. ... Read more

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A comprehensive examination of the methodological, statistical and ethical problems of conducting clinical trials in paediatric nutrition. Randomized trials, meta-analyses and multi-centre studies - and the advantages and disadvantages of each - are discussed at length. Topics covered include the legislative framework of industrialized countries where trials are conducted; moral obligations in developing countries, particularly where ethics committees have not been established; regulations for formulating product claims that do not discourage breast feeding; and adherence to the ethics of protecting infants and children. The monograph seeks to give established and future investigators a better understanding of the most appropriate methods for clinical trials, and provides insight and inspiration to biostatisticians, ethics committee members, and the paediatric community. ... Read more

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In many parts of the world, deficiencies in vitamins, minerals and trace elements during the early months of life have dramatic consequences on the health and development of infants and young children. The nutritional status of the mother greatly influences breast-milk micronutrient levels and hence the nutritional status of the infant. This publication, written by leading investigators and clinicians, offers an up-to-date review of micronutrient requirements and the assessment of micronutrient status of mothers and young infants, followed by the epidemiology and health consequences of micronutrient deficiencies. It also includes different prophylactic and therapeutic approaches, such as the most recent research on both single and multiple micronutrient interventions during pregnancy, lactation and early infancy. ... Read more