Nutrition in Infancy: Volume 1

✍ Scribed by Siân Robinson Ph.D., Caroline Fall M.B.Ch.B., D.M., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.C.H. (auth.), Ronald Ross Watson, George Grimble, Victor R. Preedy, Sherma Zibadi (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 477
• Series: Nutrition and Health
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Infant Nutrition and Lifelong Health....Pages 3-16
Nutrition in Infants: Risks and Management....Pages 17-37
Nutritional Concerns of Aboriginal Infants and Children in Remote and Northern Canadian Communities: Problems and Therapies....Pages 39-49
Breastfeeding and Infant Health in the Indian Subcontinent: Problems and Solutions....Pages 51-66
Infant Nutrition in the Middle East....Pages 67-73
Complementary Local Foods for Infants in Developing Countries....Pages 75-93
Introduction of Complementary Foods to Infants and Ultimate Risk of Allergies....Pages 95-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
The Role of Nutrition in Health and Disease in Premature Infants: Current Knowledge Gaps and Defining the Research Agenda....Pages 111-133
Intestinal Development and Permeability: Role in Nutrition of Preterm Infants....Pages 135-144
Colostrum as a Therapeutic for Premature Infants....Pages 145-155
Protein Nutrition for the Preterm Infant....Pages 157-167
Parenteral Nutrition of Preterm Infants: Methods to Improve Safety and Prevent Disease....Pages 169-184
Early Parenteral Nutrition and Subsequent Growth of Premature Infants....Pages 185-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Role in Infant Health....Pages 209-219
The Impact of Infant Feeding on Later Metabolic Health....Pages 221-237
Methods to Improve the Use of Breastfeeding....Pages 239-246
Early Breastfeeding Cessation in Infants: Causes and Solutions....Pages 247-263
Salt, Diet, and Metabolic Factors Affecting Breastfeeding....Pages 265-274
Early Childhood Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and its Effects on Allergy and Asthma....Pages 275-288
Smoking Mothers and Breastfeeding....Pages 289-305
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Exposure to Breast Milk in Infancy and Risk of Adult Breast Cancer: A Summary of the Evidence....Pages 307-317
Storage of Human Breast Milk....Pages 319-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Consequences of Micronutrient Deficiency and Interventions to Improve Micronutrient Status....Pages 333-342
Maternal Nutritional Supplements: Effects on Infants....Pages 343-357
Food Fortification....Pages 359-381
Amino Acid Needs and Metabolism in Preterm and Term Infants....Pages 383-392
Perinatal Taurine Exposure on Infants....Pages 393-408
Micronutrient Deficiencies and Treatment of Infant Skin Problems....Pages 409-416
Magnesium and Infant Health....Pages 417-428
Vitamin K Deficiency and its Prevention and Treatment in Infants....Pages 429-439
The Role of Vitamin A in Health of Infants and Vitamin A Status Assessment Methods....Pages 441-455
Back Matter....Pages 457-467

✦ Subjects

Clinical Nutrition; Nutrition; Pediatrics; Obstetrics/Perinatology; Primary Care Medicine; Internal Medicine