Publisher's Synopsis
This work presents the state of the art in infant nutrition based on the assessment of nutrient requirements in preterm and term infants; the relative role of macronutrients, protein, carbohydrate and lipids with regard to the development and growth of infants; presentation of recently developed methods to investigate physiologic responses to different food components; and an evaluation of dietary prevention on measures in allergy prone infants.;It features coverage of the effects of diet on metabolisms of lipids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, proteinhydrolysates and allergy, and quantity and composition of protein and the influence on protein metabolism.
