This new reference provides primary care clinicians with essential nutrition information, guidance, tools, and resources needed to offer patients optimal nutrition care in the primary care setting. Available for purchase at https://www.aap.org/the-clinicians-guide-to-pediatric-nutrition-paperback/
6: Minerals
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Published:March 2023
"Minerals", The Clinician’s Guide to Pediatric Nutrition, Natalie D. Muth, MD, MPH, RDN, FACSM, FAAP, Mary Tanaka, MD, MS, FAAP
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Infants, children, and adolescents require appropriate intake of a variety of minerals to ensure typical growth and bodily functioning. Minerals are present naturally in human milk and many food products, such as nuts and seeds, beans and lentils, dark green leafy vegetables, fish and shellfish, meat, and dairy products. They serve many critical roles in the human body, such as regulating enzyme activity, maintaining acid-base balance, and assisting with muscle contraction and growth. While an overview of each of the minerals is described in this chapter, 3 minerals of special concern in pediatrics (calcium, iron, and sodium) are discussed more...