Description

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This new point-of-care pediatric nutrition resource provides practitioners with a valuable and easy-to-use reference when evaluating and managing a pediatric patient's nutritional intake and habits. In-depth tables and charts provide specific metrics to assist the clinician, broken out by age-group, activity level, biochemical value, specific nutrient, food group, and more.

The chart can be kept on hand throughout the clinical day to support the assessment of toddlers, school-aged children, adolescents, and young adults.

CONTENTS CONSIST OF

• Nutritional Assessment
• Biochemical Nutritional Values
• Daily Nutritional Goals, Ages 2 and Older
• Caloric Needs per Day
• Key Eating Recommendations and Serving Sizes
• Healthy Dietary Pattern for Ages 2-8 and 9-13
• Healthy Dietary Pattern for Ages 14-18
• Additional Adolescent Nutrient-Specific Concerns
• Nutrition for Young Athletes
• Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
• Cholesterol
• Vitamin D
• Iron-Dense Foods
• Calcium-Dense Foods
• Fiber-Dense Foods
• Potassium-Dense Foods
• Fats
• Beverages and Milk
• Vitamin Deficiency
• Picky Eating/Feeding Difficulties
• Malnutrition
• Eating Disorders
• Food Insecurity

About the Author

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The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents.