Children’s growth is a common concern to all health care providers treating neonates, infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents. Defining the best nutrition for healthy and active children as well as for those who suffer from acute or chronic disease is relevant to the children, their care givers, and to health care providers. For this publication, an international group of experts in nutrition, metabolism, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and auxology have selected some of the most important manuscripts published between July 2018 and June 2019. Each paper is supplemented with editorial comments aiming to highlight the lessons that can be learnt. This book provides a significant contribution to the knowledge base and will help all subspecialties of health care providers dealing with the pediatric age group to get updated on some of the key issues in the interaction between nutrition and growth.

• Cover 2
• Contents 7
• List of Contributors 8
• Preface 11
• The Physiology and Mechanism of Growth 13
  • Introduction 13
  • Key articles reviewed for this chapter 14
  • The effect of a high-calorie diet on bone growth is mediated by the insulin receptor 16
  • Effects of Dairy Product Consumption on Height and Bone Mineral Content in Children: A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials 17
  • Mechanisms by which sialylated milk oligosaccharides impact bone biology in a gnotobiotic mouse model of infant undernutrition 17
  • Plasma C-Type Natriuretic Peptide: Emerging Applications in Disorders of Skeletal Growth 18
  • ASB20123: A novel C-type natriuretic peptide derivative for treatment of growth failure and dwarfism 19
  • Exogenous C-type natriuretic peptide restores normal growth and prevents early growth plate closure in its deficient rats 20
  • Prospective study of growth and bone mass in Swedish children treated with the modified Atkins diet 21
  • Epiphyseal growth plate architecture is unaffected by early postnatal activation of the expression of R992C collagen II mutant 22