Download or read book Nutrition in Infancy and Childhood written by Cristine M. Trahms and published by McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics. This book was released on 1997 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first chapters discuss growth and development, nutrient needs of infants and children, and the clinical approach to assessing and collecting food intake information. The next chapters focus on nourishment of well infants and the special needs of preterm and low-birth-weight infants. The following chapters deal with behavior; how food patterns are developed, shaped and changed. Subsequent chapters focus on more current issues related to the development of food patterns for young children, parent and child interactions as they influence food patterns and the use of behavior modification techniques to achieve the acceptance of foods and teaching feeding skills to young children. Also discusses the application of nutrition in special circumstances, such as children who are vegetarians and the prevention of chronic diseases by dietary intervention.