Table of Contents

PART I: General Concepts
1: Pediatric Nutrition: A Distinct Subspecialty
2: Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status
3: Laboratory Assessment of Nutritional Status
4: Body Composition and Growth
5: Macronutrient Requirements for Growth:Carbohydrates
6: Macronutrient Requirements for Growth: Protein and Amino Acids
7: Macronutrient Requirements for Growth: Fat and Fatty Acids
8: Trace Elements in Human Nutrition
9: Iron
10: Vitamins
11: Dietary Reference Intakes and Recommended Dietary Allowances
12: International Nutrition
13: Protein-Energy Malnutrition: Pathophysiology, Clinical Consequences and Treatment
14: Community Nutrition and Its Impact on Children: Developing Countries (The Chilean Experience)
15: Community Nutrition and Its Impact on Children: Developed Countries
16: Nutritional Epidemiology
17: Food Safety
18: Drug Therapy and Role of Nutrition
PART II: Physiology and Pathophysiology
19: Gene Expression
20: Humoral Regulation of Growth
21: Gastrointestinal Development: Implications for Infant Feeding
22: Immunophysiology and Nutrition of the Gut
23: Malnutrition and Host Defenses
24: Nutrition and Brain Development
25: Nutrition and the Behavior of Children
PART III: Perinatal Nutrition
26: Nutrition and Pregnancy
27: Fetal, infant and childhood growth and disease in later life
28: Development of the Fetus: Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism
29: Amino Acid Nutrition In Utero: Placental Function and Metabolism
30: Human Milk: Nutritional Properties
31: Protective Properties of Human Milk
32: Approach to Breast-Feeding
33: The Low Birth Weight Infant: Inpatient Care
34: The Low Birth Weight Infant: Outpatient Care
35: The Term Infant
36: Complementary Feeding
PART IV: Obesity and Energy Balance
37: Energy Metabolism and Requirements in Health and Disease
38: Energy and Substrate Regulation in Obesity
39: Evaluation and Management of Obesity
40: Complications of Obesity: Metabolic Syndrome
41: Popular Diets for Obesity
PART V: Nutritional Aspects of Specific Disease States
42: Feeding Difficulties
43: Failure to Thrive: Malnutrition in the Pediatric Outpatient Settings
44: Nutrition Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient
45: Developmental Disabilities
46: Inborn Errors of Fasting Adaptation
47: Persistent Renal Disease
48: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
49: Pediatric HIV Infection
50: Celiac Disease
51: Food Allergies
52: Exocrine Pancreatic Disease including Cystic Fibrosis
53: Acute and Chronic Liver Disease
54: Cancer Prevention
55: Cancer Treatment
56: Diabetes Mellitus
57: Acute Diarrhea
58: Intestinal Failure, Transplantation and Short Gut Syndrome
59: The Critically Ill Child
60: Hyperlipidemia and Cardiovascular Disease
61: Carbohydrate Absorption and Malabsorption
62: Nutritional Anemias
63: Function and Nature of the Component in the Oral Cavity
64: Adolescence: Healthy and Disordered Eating
65: The Adolescent Athlete: Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Dietary Supplements
66: Adolescence: Bone Disease
PART VI: Approach to Nutritional Support
67: Standard and Specialized Formula
68: Enteral Nutrition
69: Parenteral Nutrition
70: Dietary Supplement (Nutraceuticals)
71: Special Diets
APPENDIX
I: Nutritional Assessment
II: Nutritional Requirements
III: Enteral Products

About the Author

John B. Watkins, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Sciences Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana



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