Nutrition in Children and Adolescents

Mark R. Corkins, Stephen R. Daniels, Sarah D. de Ferranti, Neville H. Golden, Jae H. Kim, Sheela N. Magge, Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg

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Abstract

Nutrition is a critical factor for appropriate child and adolescent development. Appropriate nutrition changes according to age. Nutrition is an important element for prevention of disease development, especially for chronic diseases. Many children and adolescents live in environments that do not promote optimum nutrition. Families must work to provide improved food environments to encourage optimum nutrition. Early primordial prevention of risk factors for chronic disease, such as cardiovascular disease, is important, and dietary habits established early may be carried through adult life.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1217-1235
Number of pages19
JournalMedical Clinics of North America
Volume100
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2016

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© 2016 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

  • Adolescents
  • Breastfeeding
  • Children
  • Diet
  • Formula
  • Infants
  • Nutrition

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