PART I: GENERAL CONCEPTS
1. Nutrition: The Driving Force for Health, Disease Prevention, and Development: Robert D. Baker and Susan S. Baker
2. Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status: Babette S. Zemel, Asim Maqbool, and Irene E. Olsen
3. Laboratory Assessment of Nutritional Status: Clodagh M. Loughrey and Ian S. Young
4. Body Composition and Growth: Kenneth J. Ellis
5. Carbohydrates: Clemens Kunz, Lena Geiger, and Christoph Fusch
6. Proteins and Amino Acids: Johannes B. van Goudoever
7. Macronutrient Requirements for Growth: Fats and Fatty Acids: Kathrin Krohn and Berthold Koletzko
8. Trace Elements: Nancy F. Krebs, K. Michael Hambidge
9. Iron: Amina Z. Khambalia, and Ashley M. Aimone, and S.H. Zlotkin
10. Vitamins: Roland Kupka and Eduardo Villamor
11. Dietary Reference Intakes in the United States: Alice H. Lichtenstein and Stephen R. Daniels
12. Functional Food Ingredients: Probiotics, Prebiotics, Nutriceuticals, and Phytochemicals: Mandana Amir Shaghaghi, Peter J.H. Jones, and Phil M. Sherman
PART II: PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
13. Energy Metabolism: Jean Luis Bresson
14. Severe, Acute Malnutrition: Pathophysiology, Clinical Consequences, and Treatment: Mary E. Penny
15. Childhood Malnutrition: Prevention and Control at the National Level: Gerardo Weisstaub, Ana María Aguilar, Magdalena Araya, Ann Hill, Ricardo Uauy
16. Community Nutrition and Its Impact on Children: Highly Industrialized Countries: Johanna Dwyer, Kristy Hendricks, Janice H. Y. Chow, Melanie Reyes
17 Nutritional Epidemiology: Carine Lenders, Emily Keefe, and Walter C. Willett
18. Drug Therapy and the Role of Nutrition: Kathleen M. Gura, Lingtak-Neander Chan
PART III: PERINATAL NUTRITION
19. Nutrition and Gene Expression: Mona Bajaj-Elliot and Ian Sanderson
20. Nutrition and Epigenetics: Sang-Woon Choi and Simonetta Friso
21. Nutrition and the Humoral Regulation of Growth: William E. Russell and J. Marc Rhoads
22. Gastrointestinal Development: Implications for Infant Feeding: Josef Neu, Martha Douglas-Escobar, and Sandra Fucile
23. Diet, Environment, and Gut Microbiota in the Metagenomic Era: Carlotta de Filippo and Paolo Lionetti
24. Nutrition and Neuropsychological Development: Maureen M. Black and Kristen M. Hurley
25. Maternal Nutrition and Pregnancy Outcome: Theresa O. Scholl and Xinhua Chen
26. Human Growth and Disease in Later Life: David J.P. Barker
27. Nutrition and Development of the Fetus: Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism William W. Hay, Jr., Laura D. Brown, Stephanie R. Thorn, and Paul J. Rozance
28. Amino Acid Nutrition in Utero: Placental Function and Metabolism: Timothy R.H. Regnault and Frederick C. Battaglia
29. Human Milk: Nutritional Properties: Marcia H. Monaco and Sharon M. Donovan
30. Protective Properties of Human Milk and Bacterial Colonization of the Neonatal Gut: Anne Donnet-Hughes, Eduardo J. Schiffrin, W. Allan Walker
31. Approach to Breastfeeding: Robert M. Lawrence and Ruth A. Lawrence
32. Low-Birthweight Infants: Inpatient Care: Thibault Senterre and Alexandre Lapillonne
33. Nutritional Management of Preterm Infants Post-Discharge: Mandy Brown Belfort
34. The Term Infant: Ekhard E. Ziegler and Susan J. Carlson
35. Complementary Feeding and Health Outcomes: Mary S. Fewtrell
PART IV: OBESITY
36. Energy and Substrate Regulation in Obesity: Daniel J. Hoffman and Susan B. Roberts
37. Evaluation and Management of Childhood Obesity: Alison G. Hoppin and Janey S. Pratt
38. The Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: Martin Wabitsch
39. Childhood Obesity Prevention: John J. Reilly and Adrienne Hughes
PART V: NUTITION IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
40. The Nutrition Transition and Global Child Health: Benjamin Caballaro
41. Infant and Young Child Feeding in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Souheila Abbeddou and Ken Brown
42. Child Nutrition and Economic Development : William A. Masters
43. Global Interventions in Child Health: Zulfiqar A. Bhutta and Jai K. Das
44. Pediatric HIV Infection: Colleen Hadigan and Anna Coutsoudis
45. Obesity in Developing Economies: Sumathi Swaminathan and Anura Kurpad
PART VI: NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF SPECIFIC DISEASE STATES
46. Feeding Difficulties: Peter B. Sullivan
47. Failure to Thrive: Growth Failure in the Outpatient Setting: Jennifer A. Woo Baidal and Susanna Y. Huh
48. Developmental Disabilities: Kelly A. Dougherty and Babette S. Zemel
49. Inborn Errors of Metabolism and the Liver: Charles P. Venditti and Gerard T. Berry
50. Inborn Errors of Fasting Adaptation: Glycogen Storage Disease: David A. Weinstein, Katalin M. Ross
51. Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease: Nancy M. Rodig
52. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Francesca Penagini and Rob Heuschkel
53. Paracitic and Fungal Infections: Ciarán Kelly and Dascha Weir
54. Food Allergies: Julie Wang, Jennifer M. Maloney, and Hugh A. Sampson
55. Exocrine Pancreas: Kevin Gaskin and Caron Blumenthal
56. Acute and Chronic Liver Disease: Deirdre Kelly, Susan Protheroe, and Sara Clarke
57. Cancer Prevention: A. Lindsay Frazier
58. Cancer Treatment: Lori J. Bechard and Christopher Duggan
59. Diabetes Mellitus: Joseph I. Wolfsdorf, Sanjeev Mehta, Maryanne Quinn, Karen Y. Warman
60. Diarrheal Diseases: Christopher Duggan and Kerri Gosselin
61. Intestinal Failure, Short Bowel Syndrome, and Intestinal Transplantation: Daniel Kamin and Olivier Goulet
62. The Critically Ill Child: Eric A. Sparks, Jeremy G. Fisher, Faraz Kahn, Nilesh M. Mehta, and Tom Jaksic
63. Hyperlipidemiaand Cardiovascular Diseases: Sarah D. DeFerranti
64. Diet and Dental Disease: James H. Shaw and Linda P. Nelson
65. Adolescent Eating Disorders: Kendrin R. Sonneville and Alison E. Field
66. Advancing Bone Health: Keith J. Loud and Catherine M. Gordon
PART VII: APPROACH TO NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
67. Enteral Nutrition and Formulas: Zoë McCallum and Julie E. Bines
68. Parenteral Nutrition: Corina Hartman, Arie Riskin, and Raanan Shamir
69. Nutrition in the Athlete: Kathryn E. Ackerman and Madhusmita Misra
70. Special Diets and Dietary Counseling: Sharon Evans, Tracey Jonson, Kathi Dokoupil, and Anita MacDonald
71. Nutrition Support Teams: Virginie Colomb and Cécile Lambe
APPENDICES
I APPENDIX I. Nutritional Assessment Melanie Connolly, RD
II APPENDIX II. Nutritional Requirements Melanie Connolly, RD
III APPENDIX III. Enteral Products Melanie Connolly, RD

About the Author

Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition Harvard School of Public Health Director, Center for Nutrition, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

John B. Watkins, MD, Emeritas Associate Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition Children's Hospital, Boston Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Berthold Koletzko, MD, PhD, Head, Div. Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. Von Hauner Children's Hospital University of Munich Medical Centre München, Germany.

W. Allan Walker, MD, Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition, Director, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Member, Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA.

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