This unique modular text is comprised of 33 individual units (as opposed to a traditional 12- to 15-chapter sequence) that cover the basics of nutrition science and its applications in daily life. This edition incorporates up-to-date coverage of the newest research and emerging issues in nutrition. Instructors have the flexibility to choose which units to cover, and to modify the sequence of coverage to meet the interests and needs of their students. The interactive pedagogical features of this text, along with the author's direct and friendly writing style, make it a favorite among readers.

Product Description: Using a unique chronological structure that helps parents navigate baby's first 365 days, Baby Day by Day provides new parents with everything they need to know about looking after their child, from birth to twelve months. Written by a panel of pediatricians, child psychologists, nutritionists, and complementary medicine experts, Baby Day by Day provides an unbiased approach to baby care that gives the pros and cons of various approaches, including sleep training, managing crying, and breastfeeding issues...read more

Product Description: By the best-selling authors of the Your Pregnancy series, medically sound and succinct information for the woman who needs detailed information on a specific concern -- Information on baby's weekly physical, intellectual, sensory, and social development -- Ideas for activities, play, and games that support growth in these areas --Detailed descriptions of what parents should look for to assess baby's developmental progres...read more

Product Description: Neurological Development from Birth to Six Years presents precise instructions on how to perform and record the neurological examination perfected by Dr. Claudine Amiel-Tison, one of the world's foremost neurodevelopmental neonatologists...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This book brings together current research and theories about how infants grow and develop, and applies that information to their early care and education settings.

Product Description: This text builds a comprehensive base from which students can approach challenges that lie outside their own settings and learn how to promote optimal development in infants who are at risk and disabled as early as possible. The second edition has been greatly expanded to reflect current issues and trends in family-centered care and interventions, cultural diversity, and health and medical risks...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A simplified yet exhaustive text and reference bringing together in one source a review of normal growth and its variations and growth disorders from fetal life through adolescence. The book investigates nutritional and psychological effects upon growth and includes important advances made in the field, including screening of newborns for hypothyroidism, discovery of somatomedins, and the ability to synthesize human growth hormone...read more

Details the stages of growth through which a child passes during his second year of life to help parents recognize and understand their children's motor, language, and social development

Helps parents anticipate needs, recognize changes, and offer support during the first year of life

Helps parents recognize and understand their children's motor, language, and social development

More than 1200 photographs, charts, and line drawings illustrate an authoritative guide that helps parents anticipate needs, recognize changes, and offer support during the first year of life