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Feeding Children

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Nutrition and Medical Practice

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Nutrition remains a cornerstone in the wellbeing of infants for the first years. Many believe that early nutrition and establishment of good feeding practices may Influence the later development of the child, even to the extent of affecting the onset of degenerative diseases in later life. All those providing medical care for children Can and should provide information to parents regarding present understanding of infant nutrition in the hope that some illnesses in children may be lessened and the goals of Prolonged better health attained.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA

    Dr. Lewis A. Barness M.D. (Professor and Chairman)

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA

    Lewis A. Barness M.D. (Member of the Florida Medical Association, Professor and Chairman) (Member of the Florida Medical Association, Professor and Chairman)

  2. Jacksonville, Florida, USA

    Yank D. Coble Jr. M.D. (Member of the Florida Medical Association, Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition) (Member of the Florida Medical Association, Specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition)

  3. Clearwater, Florida, USA

    Donald Ian MacDonald M.D. (Member of the Florida Medical Association) (Member of the Florida Medical Association)

  4. Nutrition Division, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

    George Christakis M.D., M.P.H. (Member of the Florida Medical Association, Chief) (Member of the Florida Medical Association, Chief)

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Barness, L.A. (1981). Feeding Children. In: Barness, L.A., Coble, Y.D., MacDonald, D.I., Christakis, G. (eds) Nutrition and Medical Practice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6695-9_18

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