Perinatal nutrition
Subtitle: optimizing infant health and development
By: edited by Jatinder Bhatia.
Contributors: Bhatia, Jatinder.
Series: Nutrition in health and disease series -- v. 2
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Fetus -- Nutrition.; Fetus -- Physiology.; Maternal-fetal exchange.; Newborn infants -- Nutrition.; Newborn infants -- Physiology.; Nutrition -- Fetus.; Nutrition -- Infant, Newborn.; Maternal-Fetal Exchange.; Fetus -- physiology.; Infant, Newborn -- physiology.
Description: "Striving to improve pregnancy outcomes and deliver appropriate nutritional care during the neonatal period and infancy, this reference describes the role of nutrition in the optimization of newborn growth and development, the reduction of health risks, and the prevention of morbidity in the neonatal period and infancy - recognizing that certain congenital abnormalities may be averted with proper attention to nutritional requirements and deficiencies and improved dietary regimens."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.