"A widely trusted resource for more than twenty years, this text combines coverage of nutrition assessment and care with detailed coverage of normal growth, relevant disease states, and medical nutrition therapy. After reading this book, students and practitioners alike will be able to discuss the nutrition guidelines associated with normal growth and development, and they will be better able to determine medical nutrition therapy interventions for children with diseases, injuries, genetic disorders, and weight issues. Market Information: The target audience for this text will be graduate-level programs in Dietetics and Nutrition. As of March 2017, the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) has accredited 221 didactic programs in dietetics and 61 coordinated programs in dietetics, and all of these programs are moving to a graduate degree given recommendations put forth by ACEND in 2012. Per our Revision Survey, Pediatric Nutrition is typically offered within graduate Dietetics and Nutritional Science programs as a required course. Median reported annual enrollment was 25, though responses varied from 14 to 30. Alternate names include the following: - Maternal Child Nutrition - Advanced Pediatric and Adolescent Nutrition - Advanced Clinical Nutrition: Pediatrics"-- Provided by publisher.

Preceded by Pediatric nutrition / edited by Patricia Queen Samour, Kathy King. 4th ed. c2012.