description: The revised, updated Second Edition of this highly-acclaimed work provides comprehensive, current information on pediatric nutritional requirements, childhood nutritional deficiency states, assessment of nutritional status in children, nutritional support of the hospitalized child, and clinical nutrition of children with various diseases. Among the highlights of the Second Edition are new chapters on nutrition of children with sickle cell disease, thalassemia, AIDS, primary immunodeficiency syndrome, rheumatologic disease, and acute and chronic diarrhea. Also included are timely reviews of recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of childhood obesity and dyslipidemias. Other new chapters cover endocrine changes in malnutrition, malnutrition and mental development, nutrient-drug interactions, and nutritional support of children in intensive care. Chapters that appeared in the First Edition have been completely revised, in many cases by new contributing authors.
language: English
title: Textbook of Pediatric Nutrition
titlecomplete: Textbook of Pediatric Nutrition
publisher: Raven Pr