Food and Nutrition Throughout Life

SHARON CROXFORD is an accredited practising dietitian and senior academic at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has worked in clinical, community and food service dietetic practice in Australia and the United Kingdom.CATHERINE ITSIOPOULOS is the founding head of the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She is an accredited practising dietitian with almost 30 years' experience in academia, research and clinical practice.ADRIENNE FORSYTH is a dual-qualified accredited practising dietitian and accredited exercise physiologist, and is a lecturer in dietetics and human nutrition at La Trobe University, Melbourne.REGINA BELSKI is an accredited practising dietitian and senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at La Trobe University, Melbourne.ANTONIA (TANIA) THODIS is a clinical dietitian and is involved in nutrition research and teaching at La Trobe University, Melbourne.SUE SHEPHERD is an advanced accredited practicing dietitian and a senior lecturer at La Trobe University, Melbourne.AUDREY TIERNEY is a senior clinical dietitian at Alfred Health and a senior lecturer and academic at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

• List of figures, tables and case studiesContributorsHow to use this bookPART I: FOUNDATION KNOWLEDGE1 Food and nutrition basics2 Cultures, beliefs and food habitsPART II: THE LIFE STAGES3 Preconception4 Conception and pregnancy5 Lactation6 Newborn and infant (0-12 months)7 Toddler and preschooler (1-5 years)8 Child (6-12 years)9 Pre-adolescent and adolescent (13-18 years)10 Young adult (19-25 years)11 Early and middle adult (26-60 years)12 Older adult (61-84 years)13 Later stage older adult (85 years and over)PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES14 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition and health15 New Zealand and Maori nutrition and health16 Asia-Pacific nutrition and healthPART IV: EXTENSION KNOWLEDGE17 Sports nutrition18 Poverty, disadvantage and food insecurity19 Mental health20 Migrant healthAPPENDICESAppendix 1: Clinical signs and symptoms of nutritional deficienciesAppendix 2: Drug interactions with foods, herbs and nutrientsTest your understanding answersIndex