Transition Guide
Pediatric Nutrition,
Fourth Edition
Patricia Queen Samour, MMSc, RD and Kathy King, RD, LD
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-8450-8 • Paperback • 538 Pages • ©2012
Main Updates
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The text has been slimmed from 26 chapters to 21; the chapter order has also been reorganized.
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Chapter 1, Preconceptional and Prenatal Nutrition, contains new information on
preconceptional care.
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Case studies have been added; they allow students to apply the knowledge gained from the
chapter to a real-life situation. Answers are provided as an instructional resource.
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The Fourth Edition was updated to include evidence-based nutrition therapy guidelines, based
on the Nutrition Care Process.
Major Chapter Changes Are Listed Below
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Ch 1 changed to Preconceptional and Prenatal Nutrition (previously Ch 3)
Ch 2 changed to Physical Growth and Maturation (previously Ch 1 )
Ch 3 changed to Nutritional Assessment (previously Ch 2)
Ch 7 changed to Food Hypersensitivities (previously Ch 9 )
Ch 8 changed to Weight Management: Obesity to Eating Disorders (previously Ch 10)
Ch 9 changed to Genetic Screening and Nutrition Management (previously Ch 13)
Ch 10 changed to Developmental Disabilities (previously Ch 14)
Ch 11 changed to Pulmonary Diseases (previously Ch 15)
Ch 12 changed to Gastrointestinal Disorders (previously Ch 16)
Ch 13 changed to Chronic Kidney Disease (previously Ch 17 )
Ch 14 changed to Cardiology (previously Ch 19)
Ch 15 changed to Diabetes (previously Ch 20)
Ch 16 changed to HIV and AIDS (previously Ch 21)
Ch 17 changed to Hematology and Oncology (previously Ch 22)
Ch 18 changed to Nutrition for Burned Pediatric Patients (previously Ch 23)
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Ch 19 changed to Enteral Nutrition (previously Ch 24)
Ch 20 changed to Parenteral Nutrition (previously Ch 25)
Ch 21 changed to Botanicals in Pediatrics (previously Ch 26)
Table of Contents Comparison
Handbook of Pediatric Nutrition, Third Edition
Pediatric Nutrition, Fourth Edition
Chapter 1 Physical Growth and Maturation
Chapter 1 Preconceptional and Prenatal Nutrition
Chapter 2 Nutritional Assessment
Chapter 2 Physical Growth and Maturation
Chapter 3 Prenatal Nutrition
Chapter 3 Nutritional Assessment
Chapter 4 Nutrition for Premature Infants
Chapter 4 Nutrition for Premature Infants
Chapter 5 Normal Nutrition During Infancy
Chapter 5 Normal Nutrition During Infancy
Chapter 6 Normal Nutrition from Infancy through
Adolescence
Chapter 6 Normal Nutrition from Infancy through
Adolescence
Chapter 7 Nutrition Counseling
Chapter 7 Food Hypersensitivities
Chapter 8 Vegetarian Diets for Children
Chapter 8 Weight Management: Obesity to Eating
Disorders
Chapter 9 Food Hypersensitivities
Chapter 9 Genetic Screening and Nutrition
Management
Chapter 10 Weight Management: Obesity to Eating
Disorders
Chapter 10 Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 11 Sports Nutrition for Children and
Adolescents
Chapter 11 Pulmonary Diseases
Chapter 12 Community Nutrition
Chapter 12 Gastrointestinal Disorders
Chapter 13 Nutrition Support for Inborn Errors
Chapter 13 Chronic Kidney Disease
Chapter 14 Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 14 Cardiology
Chapter 15 Pulmonary Diseases
Chapter 15 Diabetes
Chapter 16 Gastrointestinal Disorders
Chapter 16 HIV and AIDS
Chapter 17 Chronic Renal Disease
Chapter 17 Hematology and Oncology
Chapter 18 Growth Failure
Chapter 18 Nutrition for the Burned Pediatric
Patients
Chapter 19 Cardiology
Chapter 19 Enteral Nutrition
Chapter 20 Diabetes
Chapter 20 Parenteral Nutrition
Chapter 21 Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency
Virus
Chapter 21 Botanicals in Pediatrics
Chapter 22 Oncology and Hematopoietic Cell
Transplantation
Appendix A Premature Infant Growth Charts
Appendix B CDC and WHO Growth Charts
Appendix C Down Syndrome Growth Charts
Appendix D Arm Measurements
Appendix E Progression of Sexual Development
Appendix F Nomograms
Appendix G Biochemical Evaluation of Nutritional
Status
Appendix H Recommended Dietary
Allowances/Dietary Reference Intakes
Appendix I 2005 Dietary Guidelines
Appendix J Conversion Tables
Chapter 23 Nutrition for the Burned Pediatric
Patients
Chapter 24 Enteral Nutrition
Chapter 25 Parenteral Nutrition
Chapter 26 Botanicals in Pediatrics
Appendix A Premature Infant Growth Charts
Appendix B CDC Growth Charts and WHO Charts
Appendix C Down Syndrome Growth Charts
Appendix D Arm Measurements
Appendix E Progression of Sexual Development
Appendix F Nomograms
Appendix G Biochemical Evaluation of Nutritional
Status
Appendix H Recommended Dietary
Allowance/Dietary Reference
Appendix I 2010 Dietary Guidelines
Appendix J Conversion Tables