Optimizing Infant Health and Development
edited by Jatinder Bhatia
Perinatal Nutrition describes the role of nutrition in newborn growth and development, the reduction of health risks, and the prevention of morbidity in the neonatal period and infancy.
Features:
- Examines the mechanisms, function, and impact of a wide range of nutrients on fetal well-being
- Outlines current routines in infant nutrition with research data supporting these practices
- Analyzes in-hospital and post discharge methods to promote infant growth
- Studies the importance of the placenta as an organ of nutrition, as well as aberrations in utero-placental function
Contents
- Periconceptional Nutrition and Infant Outcomes
- Nutritional Requirements During Pregnancy and Lactation
- Maternal Nutrition For Normal Intrauterine Growth
- Placenta as Nutritional Source
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- Nutrition and Cognitive Development
- Feeding the Premature Infant
- Nutrition For the Premature Infant After Hospital Discharge
- Breastfeeding the Term Infant
- Introducing Solid Foods to Infants
- Growth During the First Year of Life
- Prenatal and Infant Nutrition in the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes
- Nutritional Needs of Teenage Mothers
- Ethical Issues In Neonatal Medicine
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