General Pediatric Nutrition

These resources are intended primarily for use by health care professionals.

Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition, 2nd edition (2002). Story M, Holt K, Sofka D, eds., National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health.   

• The nutrition guide emphasizes prevention and early recognition of nutrition concerns and provides developmentally-appropriate nutrition supervision guidelines for infancy through adolescence.  
• The publication is out of print, but pdf files of the material can be downloaded. www.brightfutures.org/nutrition 
• Additional Bright Futures materials are listed on the Bright Futures at Georgetown University website. www.brightfutures.org/georgetown

Knowledge Path: Child and Adolescent Nutrition. National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH).

• A selection of current, high-quality resources and tools are compiled on this website.
• It is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, and researchers.
• www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_childnutr

Pediatric Nutrition Handbook, 6th edition (2009). American Academy of Pediatrics.

• A reference on the nutritional requirements and effects of nutrition on the health of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
• www.nfaap.org

Nutrition in Infancy and Childhood, 6th edition (1997) Trahms CM and Pipes PL. McGraw-Hill

• Nutrition information related to growth and development
• Attention is paid to the many factors that affect and are affected by nutrition status, including development, environment, behavior and disease.
• $35 in most bookstores

Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation, 6th edition (1997). Worthington-Roberts BS and Williams SR. Brown and Benchmark.

• Written for health professionals, discusses nutritional support of the reproductive process, from pre-conception through lactation.
• $35 in most bookstores.

Nutrition Manual for At-Risk Infants and Toddlers. (1997) Cox JH. Precept Press

• Provides nutrition information to dietitians, nurses and physicians to facilitate integration and coordination of services for high risk infants and toddlers.
• 180 pages.

Nutrition During Infancy, Principles and Practice. (1997) Tsang RC, ed. Digital Educational Publishing, Inc.

• Information about perinatal nutrition, including sections on breastfeeding, weaning and management of chronically ill children.
• 520 pages

Handbook of Pediatric Nutrition, 3rd edition. (2005) Samour PQ and King K. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

• A clinical reference manual on pediatric nutrition for the health care provider.
• Provides an overview of normal growth and nutrition needs for infants to adolescents and addresses therapeutic issues for a variety of chronic and acut conditions.
• 750 pages
• www.jbpub.com/catalog/978-763783563

Pediatric Nutrition Support. (2007). Baker SS, Baker RD and Davis A. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.

• This book provides coverage of the latest developments in enteral and parenteral feeding and evaluation.
• $99.95 ($84.95 for ASPEN members), plus shipping

American Dietetics Association Guide to Nutrition Assessment. (2008). Leonberg B. American Dietetic Association.

• This tool is a guide to nutrition assessment and nutrient requirements of infants and children, including screening, risk assessment, assessment of growth, health history and development, diet and feeding and the family environment
• $33 ($22.50 for ADA members), plus shipping
• www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/ship_14406_ENU.html