Manual of Pediatric Nutrition

This comprehensive guide provides an overview of nutritional care for pediatric patients. From cover to cover, it discusses the proper nutrition for both healthy and ill children. Topics covered include: the development of feeding skills, nutritional assessment, sports nutrition, feeding guidelines, vitamin and mineral supplements, nutrition for specific disease states, and more. Key Features: - Discusses everything from vegetarian diets to enteral and parenteral nutrition - Provides specific guidelines for the nutritional needs of children with AIDS/HIV, burns, cardiac disease, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, eating disorders, food allergies, gastrointestinal diseases, hepatobiliary diseases, hyperlipidemia, malnutrition, obesity, and much more - Includes easy-to-follow decision trees and algorithmic charts - Helpful charts and tables quickly deliver need-to-know information Audience: Practicing nutritionists, pediatricians, and students.