Nutrition and Child Development (4th Edition)

Nutrition & Child Development is a book that discusses the correct nutrition for young children. Nutrition and development are said to be interlinked terms, in such a way that one cannot be accomplished without the other

Nutrition & Child Development has been written with the goal of providing a complete outline of the various aspects of pediatric nutrition and the development of a child, particularly in the case of developing countries. This book has covered many topics in detail, topics such as Infant and Young Child Feeding, which consists of breast feeding and baby-friendly hospital initiatives, feeding a low weight and premature baby, normal growth and growth assessment, which includes the techniques to check the growth of a premature baby and growth charts. The book then moves on to Applied Nutrition, which talks about the various vitamins and minerals which are required for a healthy baby and the proper nutrition needed for a premature one. The book explains the triple burden of malnutrition, giving details about malnutrition, severe acute malnutrition and the WHO management of malnutrition. Another topic in the book deals with the diet for critically ill patients, which covers topics such as fluid and electrolyte therapy and diet during various disease. The book also covers food poisoning and food allergies and the life cycle approach in nutrition, which includes chapters on girl child nutrition, nutrition in babies and adolescent nutrition. Community Nutrition covers the national nutrition policy and programs, immunisation, infestation and infection. Finally, Expanding Horizon in Nutrition covers nutrition, epigenetics and nutrition in sports.