http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/nutrition.aspx Nutrition in child deals with various food factors and the way in which proper nourishment and development is brought to children. en-us 2011-11-23T12:17:33.0000000+05:30 http://www.pediatriconcall.com/rss_media/rss_nutrition.JPG http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/nutrition.aspx Nutrition is the science that deals with all the various factors of which food is composed and the way in which proper nourishment is brought about. The average nutritional requirements of groups of people are fixed and depend on such measurable characteristics such as age, sex, height, weight, degree of activity and rate of growth. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/Nutrition/Nutrition.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Micronutrients are nutrients required by humans and other living things throughout life in small quantities to orchestrate a whole range of physiological functions, but which the organism itself cannot produce. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/Micronutrients_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Immunity in Children is resistance of an organism to infection or disease and Growth Of Children refers to the biological and psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence then through adulthood. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/Immunity_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Prebiotics and Probiotics are dietary substances that nurture a selected group of microorganisms living in the gut.They favor the growth of beneficial bacteria over that of harmful ones. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/Prebiotics_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 DHA is omega 3 PUFA which has very limited synthesis in body,essential fatty acid, thought to be important to the development of infants, particularly as regards their eyes and brain. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/dha_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Malnutrition is a disparity between the amount of food and other nutrients that the body needs and the amount that it is receiving. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/Malnutrition_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Read More About Articles On Nutrition in Children. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/Nutr_child_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Read More Articles On Growth and Immunity in Children. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/Growth_Immunity_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Read More Articles On Prebiotics and Probiotics in Children. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/Par_Prebiotics_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Read More Articles On DHA in Children. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/par_dha_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Vitamins and minerals are called as Micronutrients,These micronutrients are essential for growth, improving mental abilities and also improve immunity in a child. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/vitamin_articles.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Nutrition Growth Charts is used by pediatricians and other health care providers to follow a child's growth and development over time. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/nutrition/growth_charts.aspx 2011-11-23T00:00:00.0000000+05:30