The Yale Guide to Children's Nutrition

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Yale University Press, 1997 M01 1 - 415 pages
What is the healthiest diet for an infant? What constitutes a nutritious school lunch? How do I deal with my adolescent's eating needs and habits? Will my children receive proper nutrients if they are sick, very athletic, or vegetarians? This authoritative resource answers these and dozens of other questions, not only presenting the latest scientific knowledge about nutrition but also providing recipes from famous chefs for delicious and healthy dishes. The book, written by physicians and dietitians at the Yale University School of Medicine, an international leader in pediatric teaching, research, and clinical care, as well as by dieticians, nurses, and social workers at the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, is the most authoritative, comprehensive, and informative guide to childhood nutrition ever produced.

The Yale Guide to Children's Nutrition includes:

* information about nutritional needs at the different stages of childhood and adolescence;

* advice on how to cope with a picky eater and what to feed a sick child;

* special nutritional requirements for children with high cholesterol, eating disorders, allergies, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, metabolic disorders, and other conditions;

* explanations of such nutritional components as calories, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and vitamins--and examples of foods that are sources for each of them;

* suggestions for healthy snacks;

* ideas for eating in restaurants with children;

* recipes provided by restaurants and chefs from all over the United States.

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Contents

What Happens
9
An Apple a
14
Taste Smell and Food Preferences
16
A Guide to Healthy
25
Emerging
45
Food and the Family
79
Feeding the Sick Child
89
PART THREE
123
PKU and Other Metabolic Disorders
181
Feeding the Infant with Cleft
188
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
195
The Key to Energy
203
Whats the Skinny on Fats
215
Facts and Myths about Vitamins
229
Recommended Dietary Allowances
237
Drinking for the Health of
243

High Blood Cholesterol
153
Diabetes
163
Cystic Fibrosis
170
Fantastic Fiber
252
125
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William V. Tamborlane, M.D., is professor and chief of pediatric endocrinology at the Yale University School of Medicine and director of the School of Medicine's Children's Clinical Research Center, located in Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut.

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