Overview

Nutrition in Infancy: Volume 1 is a very useful resource for all clinicians treating and preventing nutritional problems in infants.  This volume covers a wide range of topics that support wellness in infants through the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, malnutrition, and developmental and genetic abnormalities.  A variety of chapters deal with nutrients for infants with disabilities, surgery, and other special needs. Special emphasis is provided for clinicians treating the millions of children in developing countries whose death is promoted by undernutrition or malnutrition. The next sections discuss the health benefits of supplementation and breast feeding and methods to improve use of berast feeding and it’s duration.  In Nutrition in Infancy: Volume 1,  all of these facets of nutrition and nutritional therapy are covered in a precise and practical way.  The latest developments in diagnostic procedures and nutritional support are also included.  Written by a group of international experts, this volume is an indispensable new reference for clinicians with an interest in the nutrition and health of pregnant mothers and their infants.

Full Product Details

Author:   Ronald Ross Watson ,  George Grimble ,  Victor R. Preedy ,  Sherma Zibadi
Publisher:   Humana Press Inc.
Imprint:   Humana Press Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Weight:   9.293kg
ISBN:  

9781493959891

ISBN 10:   1493959891
Pages:   467
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Infant nutrition and lifelong health.- Nutrition in Infants: Risks and Management.- Nutritional concerns of Aboriginal infants and children in remote and northern Canadian communities: Problems and therapies.- Breastfeeding and infant health in the Indian subcontinent: Problems and solutions.- Infant Nutrition in the Middle East.- Complementary Local Foods For Infants In Developing Countries.- Introduction of Complementary Foods to Infants and Ultimate Risk of Allergies.- The Role of Nutrition in Health and Disease in Premature Infants: Current Knowledge Gaps and Defining the Research Agenda.- Intestinal development and permeability: Role in nutrition of preterm infants.- Colostrum as a therapeutic for premature infants.- Protein nutrition for the preterm infant.- Parenteral Nutrition of Preterm Infants Methods to improve safety and prevent disease.- Early parenteral nutrition and subsequent growth of premature infants.- Human milk oligosaccharides: Role in infant health.- The impact of infant feeding on later metabolic health.- Methods to improve use of breast feeding.- Early Breastfeeding cessation in infants: Causes and solutions.- Salt, diet and metabolic factors affecting breastfeeding.- Early Childhood Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and its Effects on Allergy and Asthma.- Smoking Mothers and Breastfeeding.- Breast milk and risk of breast cancer.- Storage of Human Breast Milk.- Consequences of  micronutrient deficiency and interventions to improve micronutrient status.- Maternal nutritional supplement: Effects on Infants.- Food Fortification.- Amino acid needs and metabolism in preterm and term infants.- Perinatal taurine exposure on infants.- Micronutrient deficiencies and treatment of infant skin problems.- Magnesium and infant health.- Vitamin K deficiency and its prevention and treatment in infants.- The role of vitamin A in health of infants and vitamin A status assessment methods.

Reviews

From the book reviews: This book covers normal nutrition in infants from a global perspective with a broad overview of world issues. ... The book uses tables throughout, including WHO guidelines and RDAs of nutrients. This is an interesting volume for researchers and specialists interested in the most up-to-date research, and nutrition professionals. (Amy Hess-Fischl, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2013)

From the book reviews: This book covers normal nutrition in infants from a global perspective with a broad overview of world issues. ... The book uses tables throughout, including WHO guidelines and RDAs of nutrients. This is an interesting volume for researchers and specialists interested in the most up-to-date research, and nutrition professionals. (Amy Hess-Fischl, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2013)

Author Information

Ronald Ross Watson, PhD Arizona Health Science Center, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Publish Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA George Grimble, PhD Centre for Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University College London, London, UK Victor R. Preedy, PhD, BSc, DSc, FSB, FRSPH, FRCPath, FRSC Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences Division, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK Sherma Zibaldi, MD, PhD Division of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Publish Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions