This volume updates knowledge on the important links existing between maternal nutrition and child health and between infant diet and normal growth. It reviews the latest findings on the effect of maternal diet on fetal development and on the powerful adaptive mechanisms which help to optimize fetal growth and milk production. The most recent knowledge on the composition of human milk and its effect upon the development of infants is summarized and data on the evaluation of infant growth and body composition is provided. Reference and standard data for use as a general guide in monitoring the nutritional status of growing children are also presented. With its special emphasis on the practical application of new knowledge, this publication provides valuable information for pediatricians, nutritionists and dieticians who wish to keep abreast of advances in the field.
Preface VII Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation 1(44) Reproductive Stresses in Undernourished and Well-Nourished Women 1(10) Prentice, A.M Goldberg, G.R Poppitt, S.D. (Cambridge/Keneba) Nutritional Studies on Pregnant Women in Umbria (Italy) 11(12) Alberti-Fidanza, A Maurizi Coli, A Ottavi, I Panarelli, W. (Perugia) Nutrition during Lactation 23(14) Hamosh, M. (Washington, D.C) Composition of Human Milk: Nutritional Aspects 37(8) Hambraeus, L.(Uppsala) Nutrition in Growth 45(90) Linear Growth in Children 45(10) Waterlow, J.C.(London) Children on Adult Diets 55(5) Lifshitz, F.(Brooklyn, N.Y.) Growth in Italian Children 60(14) Nicoletti, I.(Florence) Milani, S.(Pisa) Bossi, A.(Milan) The WHO Growth Chart: Historical Considerations and Current Scientific Issues 74(16) de Onis, M.(Geneva) Yip, R.(Atlanta, Ga.) Biochemical Markers of Skeletal Growth in Children 90(13) Branca, F.(Rome) Body Composition of Italian Children 103(6) Bellu, R. Ortisi, M.T. Riva, E. Giovannini, M. (Milan) Relationship of Nutritional Status and Functional Development in Preschool Age Children 109(7) Parizkova, J.(Prague) Fat Nutrition during Infancy and Childhood 116(13) Widhalm, K.(Vienna) Energy Cost of Growth in Infants 129(6) Jequier, E.(Lausanne) Subject Index 135
