ABSTRACT
Infant, Child and Adolescent Nutrition: A Practical Guide, Second Edition, is an evidence-based, practical guide introducing readers to the theory behind optimal child nutrition. Containing practical advice on how to put that theory into practice, this new edition facilitates learning through case studies, key points, and learning activities. Divided into seven sections, chapters cover prenatal nutrition and nutrition throughout childhood from preterm babies to adolescents up to the age of 18.
Sections throughout focus on topics ranging from nutrient requirements, balanced eating patterns and common problems to cultural influences on food choices and guidelines on assessing growth and dietary intakes. Prevention and management of obesity and allergies are covered in separate chapters. The first 1000 days are given particular consideration with chapters on diets for preconception, pregnancy, milk feeding and complementary feeding during infancy. The chapter on nutritional treatments covers common conditions such as diabetes and Crohn’s disease, as well as more intricate feeding regimes and tube feeding required for children with rarer diseases and syndromes.
New in this second edition are:
· Changes in in food allergy prevention and oral immunotherapy treatments.
· Causes and management strategies to deal with fussy and selective eating in toddlers.
· The importance of iodine in diets before and during pregnancy to improve children’s cognitive abilities.
· Updated recommendations on vitamin D supplementation.
This second edition is an essential reading for students taking courses in nutrition and paediatric healthcare. It serves as a useful reference for individuals responsible for the nutritional intakes of children in primary care and community settings including early years practitioners, midwives, health visitors, school nurses and governors, social workers, paediatricians and general practitioners.
About the Author
Judy More BSc, RD, RN is a Paediatric Dietitian, Honorary Lecturer at the University of Plymouth, UK and Director of Child-nutrition.co.uk Ltd, London, UK.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section 1|45 pages
Nutritional requirements and healthy eating
chapter 1|14 pages
Nutritional requirements
chapter 2|15 pages
Principles of a balanced nutritious diet for children over 1 year
chapter 3|13 pages
Social and cultural influences on food choices
part Section 2|25 pages
Assessment of growth and nutritional intake
chapter 4|11 pages
Measuring and assessing growth
chapter 5|11 pages
Assessing nutritional intake
part Section 3|23 pages
Prenatal nutrition
chapter 6|5 pages
Preconception and fertility
chapter 7|15 pages
Pregnancy
part Section 4|62 pages
Infants: 0–12 months
chapter 8|21 pages
Milk feeding
chapter 9|16 pages
Complementary feeding
chapter 10|10 pages
Common feeding problems in infancy
chapter 11|12 pages
Preterm infants
part Section 5|33 pages
Preschool children: 1–4 years
chapter 12|15 pages
Preschool children: 1–4 years
chapter 13|10 pages
Common nutritional problems in preschool children
chapter 14|5 pages
Feeding preschool children in childcare settings
part Section 6|24 pages
School-age children
chapter 15|9 pages
Primary school-age children 5–11 years
chapter 16|12 pages
Nutrition for adolescents
part Section 7|45 pages
Nutrition for chronic conditions