7. Post-scripts, acknowledgements and references
7a. Post-script
These "Nutrition Notes" were prepared in 1994 at the request of Dr. Laurence Finberg who was Chairman and Professor of Pediatrics at Children's Medical Center of SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. Dr. Finberg is now Professor Emeritus. "I think," He said, "you should tell medical students what they should know about the scientific basis of pediatric nutrition." He then referred me to a remarkable set of papers by the late Dr. Grover Powers who was Chairman of Pediatrics at the Department of Pediatrics of Yale University School of Medicine. These notes are written with thanks to Dr. Finberg for many years of support and with respect for the model provided by Dr. Powers.
It became apparent that the foundation for students was the same for incoming pediatric residents, all of us really. The next steps were to engage my colleagues in the Nutrition Special interest group of the Academic Pediatric Association and develop the stepping stones and clinical scenarios of the Teacher's Guide. The APA is truly `home base' for so many of us committed to clinical care and pediatric education.
The help of Jane Pachter, in the original preparation of these notes is greatly appreciated as was support from the Regional Center for Clinical Nutrition Education at the New York Academy of Medicine for the 1994 version. Ms. Laura Dunkley, R.D., M.S., dietitian for the Pediatric Resource Center at Kings County Hospital, and my colleague, Dr. Annabelle Schaeffer, provided expert readings of drafts of these notes.
Preparation of a Teacher's Guide to Pediatric Nutrition was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Inc. Chua-Hua Chiu; MD was our pediatric resident multi-task helper. Dorcas Gelabert and Sebastian Stanescu, MD were our expert compositors. Much appreciation is offered to my wife Linda and children Alex, Ben Mike and Emma.
And a final special thanks to friend from childhood, Howard Anton, PhD, whose name, for those who are students of mathematics, will be familiar. His experience writing texts that are both accessible and rigorous -- ones that take students from where they are to where they need to be -- informed the structure of our own work.
7b. References
Suggested for further readings are:
American Academy of Pediatrics. (2004) Pediatric Nutrition Handbook, 5th edition. American Academy of Pediatrics Elk Grove Village, IL 60007.
Fomon SJ. (1993) Nutrition of the Normal Infant. Mosby Publishers. St. Louis, MO.
Gopolan C. (1992) Undernutrition: Measurement and Implications. (In) Nutrition and Poverty SR Osmani (Ed) Oxford University Press, New York p.17-47.
Karp RJ. (1993) Malnourished Children in the United States: Caught in the Cycle of Poverty. Springer Publishing Co., New York, NY.
Shils ME, Shike M, Olson JE. (Editors) (2005) Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 10th edition. Lippincott/ Williams and Wilkins Publishers. Baltimore, MD. (9th edition is available)
Subcommittee on the Tenth Edition of the RDAs. Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council. (1989) Recommended Daily Allowances, 10th edition. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Note: The struggle over whether to use the RDA or DRI concept has prevented the National Academy of Science from publishing a subsequent edition. The discussion can be followed at <http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal> site will enable one to obtain current standings of DRI.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Human Nutrition Service. Composition of Foods, Agricultural Handbook #8 Series, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 1976-1993.
Walker WA, Watkins JB, Duggan C. (2003) Nutrition in pediatrics: basic Science and Clinical Applications. London. BC Decker, Inc.
Some older texts made for wonderful reading given the British tradition of enlivening scientific writings. My three favorites are
Passmore & Eastman (1986) Davidson and Passmore Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 8th [and last] ed. London. Churchill Livingstone.
Jelliffe DFP. (1966) Assessing Nutritional Status in the Community. WHO Monograph #153. Geneva Switzerland
McLaren DS and Burman D. (1982) Textbook of Paediatric Nutrition. London Churchill Livingston
If possible one should obtain Dr. McLaren's Color Atlas.
McLaren DS. (1981 A Colour Atlas of nutrition. Wolfe Medical Publishers. London
Finally, my single most informative source for information was a read through of my set of Nutrition reviews for the clarity of the writing. It provided my appreciation for the need to be rigorous and accessible at the next level.
