NEW TO THIS EDITION:

* New chapter on prenatal nutrition

* Additional information on vegetarian diets, diabetes guidelines, transplant nutrition concerns, and botanicals

* New chapter on weight management from obesity to eating disorders, including polycystic ovary and metabolic syndromes

* New NCHS growth charts, 2005 USDA dietary guidelines, and revised Tanner stages of sexual development

* New 2005 USDA guidelines are intertwined throughout the book

* Appendices
     Appendix A. Premature Infant Growth Charts
     Appendix B. NCHS Growth Charts
     Appendix C. Incremental Growth Charts
     Appendix D. Down Syndrome Growth Charts
     Appendix E. Arm Measurements
     Appendix F. Progression of Sexual Development
     Appendix G. Nomograms
     Appendix H. Biochemical Evaluation of Nutritional Status
     Appendix I. Recommended Dietary Allowances/Dietary Reference Intakes
     Appendix J. 2005 Dietary Guidelines
     Appendix K. Conversion Tables