Pediatrics

Description
ADA Pocket Guide to Pediatric Nutrition Assessment describes current techniques and methods for assessing the nutritional status of children from birth to 18 years of age. Topics include:

• Screening for nutritional risk
• Anthropometric measurements
• Factors that can affect a child’s nutritional status and growth
• Pediatric diet histories
• Nutrition-focused physical examinations
• Biochemical data and medical tests
• Energy and nutrient requirements

Practical and comprehensive, ADA Pocket Guide to Pediatric Nutrition Assessment is an essential reference for health care professionals in all practice settings.

ISBN: 9780880913676
Format: Softcover, spiral bound, 167 pp
Publisher: American Dietetic Association
Pub date: 2008

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 3
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3010 Assessment methodology
3020 Assessment of target groups, populations
3030 Anthropometrics, body composition
4150 Infancy & Childhood
4160 Adolescence

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