Overview
All the latest and best in nutrition support—in one place for quick and easy access! Prepared by the AAP Committee on Nutrition with contributions from more than 70 experienced practitioners, this superb ready-reference puts today’s most current nutrition-related information at your fingertips—the latest evidence-based guidelines on feeding healthy infants and children; all-new chapters on nutrition support of patients with liver disease and inflammatory bowel disease; recent advances and developments on breastfeeding, fast foods, vegetarian diets, newborn diarrhea, food labeling, preterm infant nutrition needs, and chronic obesity; the newest food guide pyramids—now called MyPyramid; newly developed growth standards from the World Health Organization for healthy breastfed infants and young children; and more than 20 growth charts for very low and low birth weights, full-term infants, children, and adolescents.Synopsis
Conceived as a practical reference for practicing clinicians, this handbook has expanded its coverage of the mechanisms by which nutrients influence and direct short- and long-term growth and development in recognition of the growing scientific recognition the long-term consequences of excesses of certain nutrients as well as the problems of nutrient deficiencies. In addition, the chapters on feeding children and adolescents discuss cultural considerations, nutritional aspects of vegetarian diets, sports nutrition, and other information not necessarily included in handbooks of the same type. Other major topics include micronutrients and macronutrients, nutrient delivery systems, and nutrition in acute and chronic illness. Each chapter contains references to the scientific literature and explores other resources that might be useful to clinicians or patients. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Maxie Sikora, MD(Ochsner Clinic Foundation)
Description:This is the sixth edition of a nutrition handbook from the American Academy of Pediatrics that provides general guidelines as well as nutritional requirements for the general pediatric population as well as special needs populations.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide general pediatricians with guidance on nutrition and physical activity for their patients.
Audience:General pediatricians, residents in training, and pediatric nutritionists are the intended audience.
Features:The book covers a wide range of topics in pediatric nutrition, ranging from recommended daily allowances of nutrients to special dietary concerns of children with renal disease and other chronic illnesses. This edition has expanded coverage of the mechanisms by which specific nutrients influence growth. Also included are discussions on vegetarian diets, sports nutrition, and topics such as feeding the difficult child and the nutritional problems of adolescents. The tables summarizing the information in each chapter are very helpful. The chapter on food allergy chapter is especially well done and will be very helpful for general pediatricians.
Assessment:This is an excellent source of nutritional information for general pediatricians, nutritionists, and pediatric subspecialists. It is quite comprehensive and well researched with well annotated references to the scientific literature on nutrition.
Editorials
Reviewer: Maxie Sikora, MD(Ochsner Clinic Foundation)
Description: This is the sixth edition of a nutrition handbook from the American Academy of Pediatrics that provides general guidelines as well as nutritional requirements for the general pediatric population as well as special needs populations.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide general pediatricians with guidance on nutrition and physical activity for their patients.
Audience: General pediatricians, residents in training, and pediatric nutritionists are the intended audience.
Features: The book covers a wide range of topics in pediatric nutrition, ranging from recommended daily allowances of nutrients to special dietary concerns of children with renal disease and other chronic illnesses. This edition has expanded coverage of the mechanisms by which specific nutrients influence growth. Also included are discussions on vegetarian diets, sports nutrition, and topics such as feeding the difficult child and the nutritional problems of adolescents. The tables summarizing the information in each chapter are very helpful. The chapter on food allergy chapter is especially well done and will be very helpful for general pediatricians.
Assessment: This is an excellent source of nutritional information for general pediatricians, nutritionists, and pediatric subspecialists. It is quite comprehensive and well researched with well annotated references to the scientific literature on nutrition.