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Pediatric

General Concepts
          Childhood Malnutrition: Prevention and Control at the National Level*
          Clinical Asssessment of Nutritional Status*
          Drug Therapy and Role of Nutrition*
          International Nutrition*
          Pediatric Nutrition: A Distinct Subspecialty*
          The History of Neonatology in the United States:  A Century of Caring

Approach to Nutritional Support
          Enteral Nutrition*
          Special Diets*
          Standard and Specialized Enteral Formulas*

Nutritional Aspects of Specific Disease States                  
          Celiac Disease*
          Commentary on Two Interrelated Policy Statements,^1,2 about Nutrition from the American Academy of Pediatrics
          Diabetes Mellitus*
          Diarrheal Diseases*
          Failure to Thrive:  Malnutrition in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting*
          Food Allergies*
          Inflammatory Bowel Disease*
          Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC): The Process of Putting Evidence-Based Medicine into Practice
          Nutritional Anemias*
          Persistent Renal Disease*
          The Critically Ill Child*

Obesity and Energy Balance
          Complications of Obesity: Metabolic Syndrome*

Perinatal Nutrition
          Approach to Breast-Feeding*
          Human Growth and Disease in Later Life*
          Nutritional Management of Preterm Infants*
          Protective Properties of Human Milk*

Physiology and Pathophysiology
          Gastrointestinal Development: Implications for Infant Feeding*
          Immunophysiology and Nutrition of the Gut*
          Malnutrition and Host Defense*
          Nutrition and Gene Expression*
          Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics: Functional Foods
          Protein and Neurodevelopment of Preterm Infants
          Vitamin D in Health and Disease:  A Hot Topic

Appendices*
          Appendices for any articles above shown with an '*' include a wide variety of growth charts.
          Standard Growth Charts and Pubertal Development
          Newborn Classification, LGA, AGA, SGA
          Growth Charts for Preterm Infants
          Anthropometric Growth of Children with Down Syndrome
          Anthropometric Growth of Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome
          Anthropometric Growth of Children with Cerebral Palsy
          Anthropometric Growth of Children with Turner Syndrome
          Anthropometric Growth Increments

Adult

2009 PENSA Congress Summary This newsletter reports from the 13th Congress of the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society of Asia (PENSA), a meeting held in Kuala Lumpur from June 5-7, 2009.  The broad scientific program featured 14 Symposia and Plenary Sessions, 57 posters, and industry-sponsored lunch and tea symposia...

Improving Outcomes in Chronic Diseases with Specialized Nutrition Intervention Proper nutrition plays a key role in both the prevention and treatment of many chronic diseases.An ever-growing body of research demonstrates that in treating common chronic diseases, timely, adequate, and appropriate nutrition intervention can improve patients? clinical outcomes, improve their quality of life, and reduce health care costs.

	Lean Body Mass Find out more about the significance of lean body mass (LBM) in the patient care setting. In this set of six brief interviews, three experts in LBM research, Arny Ferrando, PhD, Susan Dixon, MPH, MS, RD, and Todd Manini, PhD, discuss important points relating to LBM and patient health.
	Consequences of the Loss of Lean Body Mass LBM plays a key role in the functionality and healing of every patient. In this video, the three experts explain how the increasing loss of lean tissue is likely to impact patient status and recovery. (3 min. 50 sec.)
	Functionality, Lean Body Mass and Nutrition Adequate amounts of high-quality protein and other nutrients are essential for building and maintaining LBM. In this video, the three experts discuss nutritional aspects that promote positive patient outcomes. (3 min. 50 sec.)
	Loss of Lean Body Mass Some patients are more likely than others to have reduced LBM. In this video, the three experts talk about the circumstances in which a patient is at greater risk for LBM loss. (3 min. 20 sec.)
	Measurement of Lean Body Mass Assessment of LBM stores is accomplished through several means, including biochemical parameters, clinical signs and symptoms, and tests of functionality. In this video, the three experts consider ways to evaluate the quantity and quality of lean mass. (4 min. 50 sec.)
	Relationship Between LBM, Strength and Functionality While LBM is clearly important in muscle strength and patient functionality, the exact nature of that relationship is debatable. In this video, Drs. Manini and Ferrando offer their differing viewpoints on the association between muscle mass and strength.     (2 min.)
	Solution to the Problem of Loss of LBM LBM tends to decrease with age. However, certain physical and nutritional interventions may help to maintain muscle strength and function. In this video, Dr. Ferrando and RD Susan Dixon provide suggestions for minimizing the loss of muscle mass and function. (5 min. 45 sec)

HMB (Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate):  A Scientific Review HMB is a naturally occurring leucine metabolite that rebuilds lean body mass (LBM) as well as muscle strength.  Maintaining LBM, and muscle mass in particular, is essential to support whole-body protein metabolism, physical strength, immune function, skin integrity, wound healing, and organ function...   * Placed with permission from Duggan C, Watkins J, Walker W. Nutrition in Pediatrics. Basic Science. Clinical Applications. 4th ed. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: BC Decker Inc; 2008. The entire book can be purchased through the publisher at PMPH USA.