Pediatric Nutrition Handbook

by Kleinman, Ronald E., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781581102987
• ISBN10: 1581102984
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Amer Academy of Pediatrics
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Summary

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.