This book is a comprehensive account of nutrition in the infant, written by a team of international experts. It is divided into a number of sections (i) assessments, incidence and diagnosis of nutritional disorders; (ii) enteral and parenteral nutrition; (iii) micro- and macro-nutrients; (iv) diet and support in disease; (v) developmental, theoretical and educational aspects; and each chapter is divided into key areas for ease of quick reference. A unique feature of the book is a series of summary tables which identify treatment regimens, formulations, doses and step-by-step practical guidelines.
Part I: Assessments, Incidence and Diagnosis of Nutritional Disorders
1. The nature and extent of malnutrition in children: local and global evaluations
2. Kwashiokor: Diagnosis and prevalence
3. Marasmus: Diagnosis and prevalence
4. Nutritional screening methods in refugee camps
5. Body composition measurements: mechanico-electric and manual
6. Body composition in the handicapped child
7. Use and abuse of centile curves for BMI
8. Behavioral aspects of feeding disorders
Part II: Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
9. Enteral to breast feeding transitions
10. Minimal enteral nutrition of infants fed by TPN
11. Home enteral nutrition
12. Total parenteral nutrition in infants
13. Home parenteral nutrition
14. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children
15. Procedures for parenteral nutrition
16. Trace element requirements in artificial support
Part III: Micro- and Macro-nutrients
17. Amino-acid requirements: pre-term and full term
18. Essential fatty acid requirements: implications for neuronal development
19. Energy requirements: Pre-term and develomental
20. Iron requirements and deficiency: the global perspective
21. Magnesium
22. Zinc requirements in infants
23. Nutritional antioxidants: modulation in malnutrition and requirements
24. Sugar comsumption: trends and recommendations
25. Vitamin supplementation in developing countries
26. Micronutrient supplementations
27. Mass nutritional supplementation
28. Dietary fiber
Part IV: Diet and Support in Disease
29. Effects of malnutrition on subsequent organ development and function with special reference to the brain
30. Critical illness: altered nutritional requirements
31. Gastrointestinal motility: development and disorders
32. Tropical infection and malnutrition
33. Diarrhea: incidences and impact on development
34. Oral rehydration therapy: guidelines for developed countries and the third world
35. Energy requirements in head injury and other pathological conditions
36. Food intolerance
37. Low fat diets in children
38. Nutrition in the handicapped child
39. Nutritional abnormalities due to Munchausen syndrome by proxy
40. Nutrition complications and support after small bowel transplantation
41. Nutritional requirements and regimens in renal failure
42. Nutritional requirements and treatment regimens after gastrointestinal resection
43. Nutritional requirements and support in HIV/AIDS
44. Nutritional requirements and support in liver disease
45. Nutritional management of diabetes mellitis
46. Nutritional support in Crohn's disease
47. Nutritional support in cystic fibrosis
48. Nutritional support in inborn-errors of metabolism
49. Childhood obesity: incidence, diagnosis and strategy for change
50. Failure to thrive: home-based interventions
Part V: Developmental, Theoretical and Educational Aspects
51. Breast feeding: problems and recommendations
52. Formula feeds: attributes and disadvantages
53. Teaching techniques of bottle and breast feeding for the clinician
54. Nutritional education in the rural setting
55. Nutrition and malnutrition: effects on vaccines and immune response
56. The role of colonic fermentation in infants