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Pediatric Nutrition Handbook
4th ed, edited by R. E. Kleinman, 833 pp, $54.95, ISBN 1-58110-005-1, Elk Grove Village, Ill, American Academy of Pediatric Press, 1998.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:1205.
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The fourth edition of the Pediatric Nutrition Handbook, compiled by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition, contains a wealth of information on a variety of nutritional and feeding issues.
Sections 1 and 2 address feeding issues with infants and older children. There is a detailed section on breast feeding, covering topics such as techniques, nutritional benefits, and contraindications to breast feeding. The special nutritional needs of premature infants and a comprehensive review of the physiology of swallowing and dysphasia are addressed. Adolescent nutritional issues are mentioned briefly with a detailed section on sports nutrition for the adolescent athlete.
Section 3 covers micronutrients and macronutrients and techniques for nutritional assessment. Section 4 focuses on different nutritional delivery systems. Total parenteral nutrition and its consequences regarding liver function are described in depth. The many different types of enteral feeding approaches are reviewed with indications and different formulas for enteral . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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