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Basic Pediatric Nutrition

Every newborn needs a special and different nature of care and no two children are alike in any circumstances including normal low birth weight babies and others who are treated with special health care needs - Starting with basic requirements of nutrients at different ages and assessment of nutritional status, the book covers essential aspects like diet surveys, functions of different nutrients and result of the deficiencies in a growing child - Includes information on construction of age specific diets and finally how to feed children with different nutritional disorders like anemia, obesity, chronic diarrhea, food allergies etc.