Pediatric nutrition handbook

 Content: Infant nutrition and development of gastrointestinal function --
 Breastfeeding --
 Formula feeding of term infants --
 Nutritional needs of the preterm infant --
 Complementary feeding --
 Feeding the child --
 Adolescent nutrition --
 Cultural considerations in feeding children --
 Nutritional aspects of vegetarian diets --
 Sports nutrition --
 Nutrition during pregnancy --
 Fast foods, organic foods, fad diets --
 Energy --
 Protein --
 Carbohydrate and dietary fiber --
 Fats and fatty acids --
 Calcium, phosphorous, and magnesium --
 Iron --
 Trace elements --
 Vitamins --
 Fat-soluble vitamins --
 Water-soluble vitamins --
 New food ingredients --
 Parenteral nutrition --
 Enteral nutrition --
 Assessment of nutritional status --
 Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders --
 Failure to thrive --
 Chronic diarrheal disease --
 Oral therapy for acute diarrhea --
 Inborn errors of metabolism --
 Dietary management of diabetes mellitus in children --
 Hypoglycemia in infants and children --
 Hyperlipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease --
 Pediatric obesity --
 Food sensitivity --
 Nutrition and immunity --
 Nutritional support for children with developmental disabilities --
 Nutrition of children who are critically ill --
 Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa --
 Nutrition of children with HIV-1 infection --
 Nutrition for children with sickle cell disease --
 Nutritional management of children with renal disease --
 Nutritional management of children with cancer --
 Inflammatory bowel disease --
 Liver disease --
 Cardiac disease --
 Nutrtion in cystic fibrosis --
 The ketogenic diet --
 Nutrition and oral health --
 Community nutrition services --
 Food labeling --
 Current legislation and regulations for infant formulas --
 Food safety: infectious disease --
 Food safety: pesticides, industrial chemicals, toxins, antimicrobial preservatives and irradiation, and indirect food additives. Table A-1: Exchange lists for diabetic diets --
 Table A-2: Food exchange lists --
 Table B-1: Conversions from conventional units to systeme international (SI) units --
 Table C-1: Representative values for constituents of human milk --
 Table D-1: CDC growth charts --
 Table D-2: WHO growth charts --
 Table D-3: Low birth weight and intrauterine growth charts --
 Table D-4: Arm measurements --
 Table E-1: Recommended nutrient levels of infant formulas --
 Table F-1: Increasing the caloric density of infant formula --
 Table F-2: Cow milk-based infant formulas: label claim nutrient contents --
 Table F-3: Soy-based infant formulas: label claim nutrient contents --
 Table F-4: Selected nutrients in human milk, various forms of cow milk, and goat milk --
 Table G-1: Extensively hydrolyzed protein-based and amino acid-based formulas for infants: label claim nutrient contents --
 Table H-1: Milk-based follow-up infant formulas: label claim nutrient contents --
 Table H-2: Soy follow-up infant formulas: label claim nutrient contents --
 Table I-1: Formulas for infants with low birth weight and preterm infants --
 Table I-2: Nutrients provided by human milk fortifiers for preterm infants fed human milk --
 Table J-1: Dietary reference intakes: recommended intakes for individuals --
 Table J-2: Dietary reference intakes: tolerable upper intake levels --
 Table J-3: Nutrition during pregnancy --
 Fig K-1: MyPyramid --
 Fig K-2: MyPyramid for kids --
 Fig K-3: MyPyramid enjoy moving --
 Table L-1: Beverages and alcoholic drinks: calories and selected electrolytes --
 Table M-1: Carbohydrate content of juices --
 Table N-1: Drugs for which absorption is increased by food --
 Table N-2: Drugs for which absorption may be delayed by food or milk --
 Table N-3: Drugs that should be administered on an empty stomach --
 Table N-4: Miscellaneous food-nutrient effects --
 Table N-5: Drug-grapefruit juice interactions --
 Table O-1: Review of fad diets and other popular weight-loss diets --
 Table P-1: Sources of dietary fiber --
 P-2: Available over-the-counter preparations of fiber --
 Table Q-1: Approximate calcium contents of 1 serving of some common foods that are good sources of calcium --
 Table Q-2: Calcium content of foods --
 Table R-1: Iron content of selected foods --
 Table S-1: Zinc content of common household portions of selected foods --
 Table T-1: Commercially available parenteral nutrition solutions --
 Table U-1: Enteral products for special indications --
 Table U-2: Enternal products grouped by usage indication --
 U-3: Sources of medical food modules for treatment of inborn errors of metabolism --
 Table V-1: Sports/nutrition bars --
 Table W-1: Mid-upper arm circumference for length or height reference data --
 Table W-2: Mid-upper arm circumference for age reference data for boys aged 6-59 months --
 Table W-3: Mid-upper arm circumference for age reference data for girls aged 6-59 months --
 Table X-1: Saturated and polyunsaturated fat and cholesterol content of common foods --
 Table Y-1: Sodium content of foods.
 Abstract:             
              Covering how nutrients influence and direct growth and development, as well as immediate and long-term health, from birth through adolescence, this manual reflects the policies and practices recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Nutrition.                 Read more...