Livres de la collection - World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

A critical appraisal of recent researchChildren’s growth is a common concern to all health care providers treating neonates, infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents. Defining the best nutrition for healthy and active children as well as for those who suffer from acute or chronic disease is relevant to the children, their care givers, and to health care providers.
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Optimal nutrition is difficult to achieve. Insufficient energy and nutrient intake leads to inadequate growth, whereas too much can result in increased risk of non-communicable diseases (mainly obesity) and may adversely affect children with chronic diseases.
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An update on the global fight against hungerHidden hunger has long been an overlooked problem. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies have to be remedied and the availability of calories needs to be increased. As a matter of fact, the number of people who do not have access to a balanced diet has multiplied in rich and poor countries, with lasting consequences for health and well-being.
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Adequate nutrition is a crucial component for child growth. Under- or malnutrition may not only affect present and future growth, but also a child's ability to develop skills.
In this publication, specialists in nutrition and growth present some of the best studies from peer-reviewed journals published between July 2016 and June 2017.
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How to improve the life chances of childrenMalnutrition caused by deficiencies of vitamins and minerals - also called hidden hunger - impairs both the intellectual and physical development of a child. Due to the absence of clinical symptoms and assessments, no intervention can be staged. The tragedy is that this, in turn, decreases the child's chance to escape from poverty.
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A critical appraisal of recent researchIt is a well-known fact that children's growth depends on the quality of their nutrition. However, the mechanisms of fetal and child growth and their interactions with nutrition have not yet been fully elucidated and still pose a challenge to those engaged in the field.
[lire la quatrième du livre Nutrition and Growth Yearbook 2016]

There is no other time in life when the provision of adequate and balanced nutrition is of greater importance than during infancy and childhood.
[lire la quatrième du livre Pediatric nutrition in Practice]

Lipids have been in clinical use as components of intravenous nutrition for over 50 years.

Over the last 15 years, new and improved lipids that include olive oil and/or fish oil have replaced the more traditional ones.
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Nutrition is an integral part of the prevention and management of the most prevalent conditions faced by today's primary care providers.

This book is aimed at physicians around the world who treat patients from all walks of life.
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A critical appraisal of recent research

The relation between nutrition and growth in children is one of the key concerns of pediatric health that touches a multitude of specialties. Exchanging concepts and knowledge between professionals of all the different disciplines involved is thus crucial to facilitate research and interdisciplinary clinical collaborations.
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Recognition of evidence-based medicine is not only increasing rapidly, but it has become essentiel to pediatric nutrition.

Starting with some methodological issues - discussing systemic reviews, meta-analyses and clinicat trials - this publication then concisely summarizes current knowledge as well as ignorance and uncertainty regarding selected aspects of childhood nutrition.
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Our microflora is an individuel persona) feature, providing a distinct tag to individuels.

However, our intestinal microbiome is strongly affected by genetic, nutritional, and other externat factors, and evolves with age. An effect of different microbial patterns on health appears vert' likely as there seem to be specific changes of intestinal microflora associated with varions diseases.
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Editors: R. Shamir, Tel Aviv; D. Turck, Lille; M. Phillip, Tel Aviv


Growth as an indicator of health is more sensitive than commonly believed and tan serve as an early sign of imbalance, before other malfunctions manifest themselves.
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The care of ICU patients has seen many improvements over the years, both with regard to technical aspects and supportive measures.

The first part of this book analyzes nutritional support at various levels, ranging from the cell level to the whole-body aspect; drawing on recent prospective randomized studies, the authors propose a new approach for oral, enteral and/or parenteral nutrition.
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