Infant feeding & nutrition for primary care.Infant feeding & nutrition for primary care Bentley D, Aubrey S, Bentley M. Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd. Abingdon, UK, 2004, 147 pages, [pounds sterling]24.95 ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 1-85775-866-8 The purpose of this book on infant nutrition is to provide nutritional information for general practitioners and health visitors (early childhood nurses) to enable these health professionals to answer general nutritional enquiries that are commonly asked by parents. In particular it aims to answer questions about controversial topics where there is a lot of confusion and misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis , such as the role of soy milks in the prevention of allergy. The first author (D Bentley) a paediatrician, has previously published two other books on paediatric Adj. 1. paediatric - of or relating to the medical care of children; "pediatric dentist" pediatric nutrition. The other two authors are a paediatric dietitian dietitian /di·e·ti·tian/ (di?e-tish´in) one skilled in the use of diet in health and disease. di·e·ti·tian or di·e·ti·cian n. A person specializing in dietetics. (S Aubrey) and a medical trainee registrar (M Bentley). The book consists of nine chapters in chronological order starting with breastfeeding and formula feeding and includes feeding of preterm preterm /pre·term/ (-term´) before completion of the full term; said of pregnancy or of an infant. pre·term adj. and low birth weight infants, 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. , vegetarian and other restricted diets, vitamin needs of infants, gastrointestinal and non-enteric disorders and finally topical, nutritional issues related to infant feeding. These topics comprehensively cover the main issues in infant nutrition. The style of writing is easy to read with cross referencing and the text is set out clearly with good cartoon illustrations. It is written as if a health professional was talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to a parent. Limitations of the book are that it is not fully referenced and does not always provide evidence-based advice, although the authors do state clearly when it is their own opinion. Parents need to know the evidence behind nutritional advice to make informed decisions and often want to read evidence-based review papers. Another limitation is the orientation to the UK such as types of breast pumps, infant formulas and nutritional policies on vitamin supplementation and age of weaning, all of which differ in Australia. There are Australian books written for parents already available which provide similar nutritional information. This book does not provide any additional information and some aspects could confuse the reader. Jane Allen James Fairfax Institute of Paediatric Nutrition The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney |
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