Publisher's Synopsis
This handbook covers the fundamental issues in paediatric nutrition science and its role in health and disease. It covers metabolism of specific nutrients, methods of assessing nutritional status, and the nutritional support of healthy infants and children as well as those with illness. The book explores infant feeding, nutrition for the older child, micronutrients and macronutrients, nutrition delivery systems, disorders of metabolism and nutrition, diet, and the prevention of disease. Topics that arise frequently in paediatric practice, such as the impact of diet on long-term health, the use of fast foods and vegetarian diets, and food labelling, are also covered.
