Optimal nutrition is difficult to achieve. Insufficient energy and nutrient intake leads to inadequate growth, whereas too much can result in...
As nutrition and development are closely intertwined in early childhood, this book brings together scientists, nutritionists, and psychologists to...
Children’s growth is a common concern to all health care providers treating neonates, infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents. Defining the best...
Improved conditions of care for premature infants have led to markedly increased survival rates over the last few decades, particularly in very low...
With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, ensuring adequate nutrition to secure the growth and well-being, particularly of infants and young children, faced...
The relation between nutrition and growth in children is one of the key concerns of pediatric health that touches a multitude of specialties...
Lipids have been in clinical use as components of intravenous nutrition for over 50 years. Over the last 15 years, new and improved lipids that...
This book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story...
Adequate nutrition is a crucial component for child growth. Under- or malnutrition may not only affect present and future growth, but also a child's...