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Feeding during late infancy and early childhood: Impact on healthEdited by O Hernell and J Schmitz
Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series: Pediatric program Series No. 56
This book focuses on a crucial moment in human life: the introduction of solid foods to the diet during late infancy and early childhood. The impact on health and development as well as the long-term effects and prevention of disease are analyzed by a panel of leading international experts.
The immediate consequences of solid foods on the health of toddlers are studied with regard to allergic diseases, diarrhea and constipation. The late effects of weaning habits, such as obesity, diabetes, and the early influences on taste preferences are also dealt with in this publication. Each of the topics is introduced by a chapter on physiology, followed by further contributions on major clinical aspects. Finally the book offers educational recommendations for industry, physicians and parents, underlining the values of a diversified diet.
Pediatricians, dieticians, nutritionists and researchers will find this book a reliable reference and valuable tool for their work.
ISBN 3 8055 7906 3
ISBN-13: 978 3 8055 7906 3
June 2005
238 pages 234 x 156mm hardback
£165.00 / US$280.00 / €200.00
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Contents
The role of immune tolerance in allergy prevention; Prevention of food allergy during late infancy and early childhood; Celiac disease: Effect of weaning on disease risk; Gut microbiota in infants between 6 and 24 months of age; Malabsorption of carbohydrates; Chronic nonspecific diarrhea of childhood; Development of motility; Motility and allergy; The role of dietary fiber in childhood and its applications in pediatric gastroenterology; Early influences on taste preferences; Junk food or ‘Junk eating’? Does nutrition during infancy and early childhood contribute to later obesity via metabolic imprinting of epigenetic gene regulatory mechanisms? Long-term effects of weaning habits: Type-1 diabetes; What is known? Short-term and long-term effects of complementary feeding; Educational recommendations for processed foods for infant feeding; Recommendations for physicians and parents.