Feeding during late infancy and early childhood; impact on health; proceedings.3805579063 Feeding during late infancy and early childhood; impact on health; proceedings. Nestle Nutrition Workshop (56th: 2004: Noordwijk, Netherlands) Ed. by O. Hernell and J. Schmitz. S. Karger, AG 2005 237 pages $207.25 Hardcover Nestle Nutrition workshop series; v.56, pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. program RJ216 The World Health Assembly recommends that exclusive breastfeeding continue for the first six months of life, and that breastfeeding should be preferentially continued beyond the second year of life. Papers from a November 2004 workshop, presented here, describe recent research in the long-term effects of diet in infancy and early childhood. Areas explored include the role of immune tolerance in allergy prevention, prevention of food allergy food allergy Allergy medicine A condition, the incidence of which–0.3-7.5%–is obscured by controversial data and differing disease definitions; food-induced reactions of immediate-hypersensitivity type are common and include anaphylaxis, angioedema, in late infancy and early childhood, the effect of weaning weaning, n the period of transition from breast feeding to eating solid foods. weaning the act of separating the young from the dam that it has been sucking, or receiving a milk diet provided by the dam or from artificial sources. on celiac disease risk, malabsorption malabsorption /mal·ab·sorp·tion/ (mal?ab-sorp´shun) impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients. mal·ab·sorp·tion n. Defective or inadequate absorption of nutrients from the intestinal tract. of carbohydrates, motility motility /mo·til·i·ty/ (mo-til´ite) the ability to move spontaneously.mo´tile Motility Motility is spontaneous movement. and allergy, and the role of dietary fiber in childhood. Other subjects are junk food and junk eating, weaning and the development of diabetes, and recommendations for physicians and parents. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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