RT Journal
A1 DWYER J
T1 NUtrition in the clinical management of disease
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1979
FD June 1
VO 133
IS 6
SP 661
OP 662
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130060101035
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130060101035
AB Chapters of particular interest to pediatricians are reviewed in somewhat greater depth here than are those more exclusively concerned with the management of adults. Chapter 1, "Childhood," written by Brian Wharton of the Institute of Child Health in Birmingham, England, considers nutrition, normal diet, and primary nutritional disorders that may complicate progress from birth to maturity. Breast and bottle feeding both receive coverage. The practicalities and advantages of each method are succinctly reviewed, but commercial formulas discussed are the British rather than the American brands. The special needs of low-birth-weight infants are briefly reviewed. The discussion of later infancy (6 to 11 months), toddlers (1 to 4 years), and school children nicely balances a consideration of diet in normal children in industrialized and developing countries. It includes discussions of the major deficiency diseases and of both prophylactic measures and therapeutic measures to deal with them when they arise. This is