Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle

This text presents an overview of the special nutritional issues common at the different periods of the life cycle. It stresses the impact of nutrition on quality of life at each stage of development and features the latest thinking on contemporary issues and current research.

1 Introduction to the Lifecycle: The Role of Nutrition

2 The Assessment of Nutritional Needs

3 Maternal Nutrition: The Beginning of Life and the Physiology of Pregnancy

4 Maternal Nutrition: Overall Nutrition and the Roles of Specific Nutrients

5 Maternal Nutrition: Issues Beyond the Nutrients

6 Lactation: The Mother and Her Milk

7 Lactation: Breast-Feeding Is a Desirable Option

8 Nutrition in Infancy: Physiology, Development, and Nutritional Recommendations

9 Nutrition in Infancy: Feeding in the First Year of Life

10 Nutrition in Childhood

11 Adolescent Nutrition: General

12 Weight-Related Concerns and Disorders Among Adolescents

13 Nutrition During the Middle Adult Years

14 Nutrition in the Older Adult

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