The Yale guide to children's nutrition /
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Language: | English |
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Children's nutrition New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©1997.
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Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=52839 |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. From infancy to adolescence: developmental nutrition. Measuring up: normal growth and development
- The digestive process: What happens after you swallow?
- Taste, smell, and food preferences
- Pyramid power: a guide to healthy eating
- Infancy: eat, sleep, and be happy
- Toddlers and preschoolers: emerging independence
- School-age, preadolescent children: an apple a day
- Adolescence: life in the fast lane
- pt. 2. Common concerns. Food and the family
- Not all vegetarians are created equal
- Feeding the sick child
- Too fat? Too thin?
- Energizing the young athlete
- Acne and diet: is there a connection?
- Alcohol use and abuse in adolescents
- Diet tips to keep that winning smile
- pt. 3. Beyond the basics: special challenges in nutrition. Eating disorders
- Childhood obesity
- Food allergies
- High blood cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Cystic fibrosis
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- PKU and other metabolic disorders
- Feeding the infant with cleft lip and palate
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- pt. 4. Building blocks for good nutrition. Calories: the key to energy balance
- Protein: the body's building blocks
- Cash in on carbohydrates
- What's the skinny on fats and cholesterol?
- Facts and myths about vitamins and minerals
- Water: drinking for the health of it
- Salt: the spice of life or the taste of doom?
- Fantastic fiber
- Fresh facts about pesticides and food additives
- Making sense of food labels
- pt. 5. Eating in, eating out. From the grocery store to the home: stocking the kitchen
- What's for lunch?
- Fast foods and restaurants: are you speeding past good nutrition?
- pt. 6. Recipes. Foods for infants
- Breakfast foods
- Lunch box treats
- Snacks
- Meat, poultry, and fish entrees
- Carbohydrate-dense dishes
- Vegetarian selections
- Vegetable side dishes
- Desserts
- Appendixes. Growth charts
- Recommended dietary allowances
- Recipe conversion table.