Description
Book SynopsisBrings together basic facts about nutritional matters into a short textbook. Starting with basic nutrient requirements at different ages and assessment of nutritional status, this book covers numerous important aspects, like diet surveys, functions of different nutrients and result of their deficiencies in a growing child, construction of age appropriate diets and finally how to feed children with different nutritional disorders like anemia, obesity, iron and vitamin A deficiency, chronic diarrhea and food allergies.
The therapeutic management of some common childhood problems have been highlighted in a very simple, straightforward and practical approach for all those involved in child care. The book succeeds in keeping a style which is readable and simple. The food items advised for various age groups are culturally acceptable and affordable. The issues regarding breastfeeding and its management add to the value of this compendium.
Table of Contents1. Functions of Food
2. Nutrient Requirements
3. Nutritional Assessment of Children
4. Feeding of Infants (0–6 Months)
5. Nutrition for Infants and Toddlers (6–24 Months)
6. Nutrition for Older Children
7. Nutrition for the Adolescents
8. Maternal Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation
9. Nutrition for the Athlete Child
10. Interaction of Nutrition and Infection in Children
11. Vegetarianism in Children
12. Protein-Energy Malnutrition
13. Childhood Obesity
14. Nutritional Anemia in Children
15. Nutrition in Diarrheal Diseases
16. Vitamin A Deficiency in Children
17. Zinc in Infant Nutrition
18. Iodine Deficiency Disorders
19. Role of Other Micronutrients in Children
20. Probiotics—Role in Child Health
21. Diet in Constipation
22. Food Allergies and Intolerances
