Table of Contents

Part I: Preventive Nutrition

A. Nutrition and Growth

1. Prenatal Growth in Pregnancy
Shirley W. Ekvall, Valli K. Ekvall, and Barbara Niedbala

2. Postnatal Growth in Infancy
Jacqueline Wessel, Barbara Niedbala, and Shirley W. Ekvall

3. Problems of Prematurity
Jacqueline Wessel and Barbara Niedbala

B. Nutrition Evaluation

4. Nutritional Assessment--All Levels and Ages
Shirley W. Ekvall, Valli K. Ekvall, Diane Spear, Paula Cushing, and Jennifer Walberg-Wolfe

5. Community-Based Nutrition Services and Resources
Cecilia Rokusek, Sharon Feucht, Lisa Kelchner, and Joan Earle Hahn

6. Nutritional Support Following Injury
Theresa Mayes and Michele Gottschlich

7.Sports Nutrition for Children
Karen Reznik Dolins and Martica Heaner

8. Vegetarian Diets Across the Lifespan
Georgia Hodgkin

Part II: Chronic Diseases and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

A. Neurological and Developmental

9. Cerebral Palsy
Steven Bachrach, Robin C. Meyers, and Virginia Stallings

10. Seizures and Epilepsy
Yael Shiloh-Malawsky, Leslie Huffman, Tuomas Westermarck, and Shirley W. Ekvall

11. Myelomeningocele
Frank Cerniglia Jr. and Shirley W. Ekvall

12. Nutrients, Neurotransmitters, and Brain Dysfunction
Eric K. Bonsall, Janine Z. Mundorff, Valli K. Ekvall, and Shirley W. Ekvall

13. Autism Spectrum Disorders
Carol Henderson, Viviann Nordin, and Shirley W. Ekvall

14. The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Agnes Huber and Shirley W. Ekvall

15. Down Syndrome
Patricia D. Jackson, Melinda Wendland, and Shirley W. Ekvall

16. Prader-Willi Syndrome
Jennifer Miller, Helen McCune, and Daniel Driscoll

17. Rett Syndrome
Nga Hong Brereton, Carmen Cuffari, and Genila Bibat

B. Behavioral and Eating Disorders

18. Obesity
Shirley W. Ekvall, Valli K. Ekvall, Diane Spear, and Michael Farrell

19. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Eric K. Bonsall, Janine Z. Mundorff, Valli K. Ekvall, and Shirley W. Ekvall

20. Failure to Thrive
Salisa Lewis, Barbara Niedbala, Diane Spear, and Shirley W. Ekvall

21. Rumination
Valli K. Ekvall and Shirley W. Ekvall

22. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Eating Disorders
Valli K. Ekvall, Shirley W. Ekvall, Michael Farrell, and Asad Dalia

23. Lead Toxicity and Pica
Agnes Huber and Shirley W. Ekvall

C. Feeding Disorders

24. Feeding and Eating Problems of the Child and Adult with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Special Healthcare Needs
Diane Spear, Paula Cushing, Shirley W. Ekvall, Harriet Cloud, Linda Hicks, and Julia Wahoff

25. Cleft Lip and/or Cleft Palate and Other Craniofacial Anomalies
Howard Saal

D. Drugs

26. Botanicals in Pediatrics to Adults
Gail Mahady, Sheila M. Wicks, and Rudolf Bauer

27. Drug Therapy and Nutrition
Marshal Shlafer and Rebecca Shlafer

E. Miscellaneous Chronic Diseases

28. Allergy and Immunological Disorders in Children
Christina C. Lewis, Carol Henderson, and Amal Assa'ad

29. HIV Infection
Keith-Thomas Ayoob

30. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Inez Martincevic, Rayfel Schneider, and Daniel Lovell

31. Children with Cancer
Elizabeth Welin and Ingrid Ora

32. Congenital Heart Disease and Lipid Disorders
Alan B. Lewis, Stephanie Sanborn, and Violet Hsieh

33. Chronic Renal Disease in Children/Adults
Judith Beto and Vinod Bansal

34. Sickle Cell Anemia
Omar Niss and Russell Ware

35. Gastrointestinal Disorders of Infancy and Childhood (with Nutrition Support and Probiotics)
Michael Farrell, Alison Cassin, and Rebecca Wilhelm

36. Constipation and Fiber
Shirley W. Ekvall

Part III: Hereditary Metabolic Disorders

A. Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism

37. Homocystinuria
Rani Singh and Teresa D. Douglas

38. Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Rani Singh and Teresa Douglas

39. Phenylketonuria and Maternal Phenylketonuria
Susan A. Berry, Dorothy Markowitz, and Nancy D. Leslie

40. Tyrosinemia
Francjan van Spronsen and Margreet van Rijn

41. Urea Cycle Pathway
Sandra van Calcar and Cary Harding

B. Organic Acidemias

42. Methylmalonic Acidemia and Propionic Acidemia
Dianne Frazier

43. Isovaleric Acidemia and 3-Methylcrotonyl Glycinuria
Dianne Frazier

44. Glutaric Acidemia Type I and 2-Ketoadipic Acidemia
Diane Frazier

C. Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders

45. Adrenoleukodystrophy and Other Peroxisomal Disorders
Nga Hong Brereton, Ann Moser, and Gerald V. Raymond

46. Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects
Melanie Gillingham, Sandra van Calcar, and Cary Harding

47. Mitochondrial Disorders
Richard Boles and Kathryn Moseley

D. Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism

48. Type I and Type II Diabetes
Amy Fuller and Cynthia Stegeman

49. Galactosemia
Sandra van Calcar

50. Lactose Intolerance
Patricia J. Becker, Alison Cassin, and Scott Petnuik

51. Disorders of Fructose Metabolism
Wendy Smith

52. Glycogen Storage Diseases
Mari Mori and Priya Kishnani

E. Miscellaneous Genetic Disorders

53. Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome
Malai Holland and Leah Burke

54. Celiac Disease
Alison Cassin and Daniel Mallon

55. Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Christina C. Lewis, Gary McPhail, and Elisabeth Luder

56. Fragile X Syndrome
Tori L. Schaefer, David Nelson, and Craig Erickson

57. Hyperuricemias (Lesch-Nyhan Disease)
William Nyhan

58. Williams Syndrome
Shirley W. Ekvall and Florence Stevens

59. Wilson's Disease
Florence Stevens and Shirley W. Ekvall

60. Nutritional Aspects of Birth Defects
Howard Saal

61. Nutrition in the Elderly
Agnes Huber and Joan Earle Hahn

Appendices

1. Dietary Reference Intake and Guidelines
2. Growth Grids for Special Conditions
3. Growth Grids--Fenton, WHO, and CDC for General Pediatric Population
4. Nutritional Assessment Records, Division of Developmental Disabilities Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCDDD)
5. Nutritional Assessment Records, Developmental Evaluation Center, Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center, Other Nutritional Assessment Forms
6. Some Specialty Medical Nutrition Products: Composition and Features
7. Quality Assurance Standards, Choose My Plate, and Selected Pyramids
8. Skinfold Grids--Children Other Anthropometry Standards/Laboratory Data
9. Adolescent Maturation Charts and Psychological Tests
10. Adult Nutrition Records and Nutrition Value
11. Helpful Resources

Index

About the Author

Shirley W. Ekvall, PhD, FAAMD, FACN, RD, LD, is a nationally recognized expert in the field of pediatric nutrition, with over 40 years' experience and numerous publications as well as national/international presentations. She has served as director of a national nutrition workshop for children with special health-care needs, as well as a federal research grant reviewer and editiorial consultant for the Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and
Health, several nutrition journals, and publishers.

Valli K. Ekvall, PhD, RD, LD, has more than 20 years' experience and several publications related to nutrition for both children and adults with developmental disabilities or special healthcare needs.