Perinatal Nutrition : Optimizing Infant Health & Development

The goal of this book is to improve pregnancy outcomes and ensure appropriate nutritional care during the neonatal period and infancy.

The first book to extensively assess nutritional guidelines from pre-pregnancy through the infant's first year of life, it describes the role of nutrition in the optimization of newborn growth and development, the reduction of health risks, and the prevention of morbidity in the neonatal period and infancy, while acknowledging that certain congenital abnormalities may be averted with proper attention to nutritional requirements and improved dietary regimens.

Coverage includes the positive effects of calcium, protein, and other micronutrients on infant development.-recognizing