--- title: Pediatric Nutrition description: This field focuses on the dietary needs of infants, children, and adolescents. Learners will understand nutritional requirements at different developmental stages, how to prevent childhood nutritional deficiencies, and how to establish healthy eating habits early in life. category: health-medicine subcategory: nutrition difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/pediatric-nutrition --- # Pediatric Nutrition This field focuses on the dietary needs of infants, children, and adolescents. Learners will understand nutritional requirements at different developmental stages, how to prevent childhood nutritional deficiencies, and how to establish healthy eating habits early in life. ## Available Resources 2 Books • 1 Courses • 5 Websites ## Websites ### 1. WHO Child Growth Standards The World Health Organization's reference growth standards for children from birth to five years, with charts, z-score and percentile tables for weight, length/height, BMI and head circumference, plus Anthro software and a training course for assessing child growth and malnutrition. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.who.int/tools/child-growth-standards **Tags:** growth-charts, anthropometry, child-growth-assessment, malnutrition, z-scores ### 2. AAP Pediatric Nutrition The American Academy of Pediatrics' clinical hub on child nutrition, summarizing current AAP policy statements and guidance on breastfeeding, infant formula, complementary foods, and early-childhood feeding. Clinicians and informed parents can use it to check evidence-based recommendations quickly. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/pediatric-nutrition/ **Tags:** infant-feeding, breastfeeding, aap-guidelines, child-nutrition, complementary-foods ### 3. NutritionFacts.org **Author:** Michael Greger Nonprofit site founded by physician Michael Greger that summarises peer-reviewed nutrition studies in short videos, articles and podcasts, searchable by food and disease. It argues consistently for plant-based eating, so readers can follow the research behind that position and check its sources. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://nutritionfacts.org **Tags:** plant-based-diet, nutrition-research, chronic-disease-prevention, evidence-summaries ### 4. aap.org American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) site, the leading resource for pediatricians, provides evidence-based clinical guidelines, policy statements, and continuing medical education. It also hosts patient and family education materials, the Pediatrics journal, and tools to support pediatric care and learning. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://aap.org **Tags:** websites, health-medicine, clinical-medicine ### 5. eatright.org EatRight.org is the consumer site of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, offering evidence-based nutrition guidance, healthy eating tips, meal planning ideas, and resources to locate a registered dietitian. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://eatright.org **Tags:** websites, health-medicine, health-and-wellness ## Books ### 1. Pediatric Nutrition **Author:** Ronald E. Kleinman, Frank R. Greer The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition's policy manual, 8th edition, covering nutrient requirements, infant feeding, and nutrition in chronic disease from birth through adolescence. Readers learn the evidence-based feeding and supplementation practices the AAP recommends for clinical care. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1610023609?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, nutrition ### 2. Nutrition in Pediatrics **Author:** Christopher Duggan, John B. Watkins, W. Allan Walker Harvard-edited clinical reference, 4th edition, linking the basic science of nutrient requirements and growth to practice: perinatal nutrition, assessment, nutrition in specific disease states, and enteral and parenteral support. Prepares clinicians to plan nutritional management for sick infants and children. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1550093614?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, nutrition ## Courses ### 1. Child Nutrition and Cooking Eating patterns that begin in childhood affect health and well-being across the lifespan. The culture of eating has changed significantly in recent decades, especially in parts of the world where processed foods dominate our dietary intake. This course examines contemporary child nutrition and the impact of the individual decisions made by each family. The health risks associated with obesity in childhood are also discussed. Participants will learn what constitutes a healthy diet for children and adults and how to prepare simple, delicious foods aimed at inspiring a lifelong celebration of easy home-cooked meals. This course will help prepare participants to be the leading health providers, teachers and parents of the present and future.The text and other material in this course may include the opinion of the specific instructor and are not statements of advice, endorsement, opinion, or information of Stanford University. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Duration:** 5 hours of videos and quizzes | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/childnutrition **Tags:** courses, health-medicine, nutrition --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/pediatric-nutrition