Specialists working in nutrition, metabolism, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and obstetrics and gynecology in Europe and the Middle East summarize key papers published between July 2019 and June 2020 on nutrition and childrens growth. The papers address malnutrition and catch-up growth during childhood and puberty and the stunting of growth in low and low-medium-income countries; the physiology and mechanism of growth, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and nutrition; the association between nutrition, epigenetics, and growth; term and preterm infants, cognition, and the relationship between nutrition and growth in chronic diseases; early nutrition and its effect on growth, body composition, and later obesity; and the impact of maternal nutrition on intrauterine fetal growth. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, ensuring adequate nutrition to secure the growth and well-being, particularly of infants and young children, faced new obstacles. For this publication, an international group of experts in nutrition, metabolism, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and auxology have selected some of the most important papers published between July 2019 and June 2020, exploring topics on childrens growth. Each paper is supplemented with editorial comments aiming to highlight lessons that can be learnt. This seventh edition of the yearbook provides a significant contribution to the understanding and management of various aspects of nutrition and growth. It is intended to help healthcare providers in all related areas to study and treat key issues in this field.
