Human milk contains all of the essential nutrients and other functional components thought to have short- and long-term neonatal health benefits, such...
Optimal nutrition is difficult to achieve. Insufficient energy and nutrient intake leads to inadequate growth, whereas too much can result in...
Nutrition during infancy and childhood is the basis of an individual’s health in later life. It plays an important role in metabolic programming...
Protein plays a vital role in growth and development and is able to 'program' healthy growth by influencing gene methylation for positive long-term...
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...
This book is based on a selection of the most original articles published in the past year on new technological advances in the diagnosis and...
Our daily food intake not only provides the calories and the macro- and micronutrients necessary for survival - nutrients also have a tremendous...
Recognition of evidence-based medicine is not only increasing rapidly, but it has become essential to pediatric nutrition. Starting with some...
The relation between nutrition and growth in children is one of the key concerns of pediatric health that touches a multitude of specialties...