1st Edition

Biochemical Parameters and the Nutritional Status of Children Novel Tools for Assessment

By Anil Gupta Copyright 2020
100 Pages
by CRC Press

100 Pages
by CRC Press

100 Pages
by CRC Press

Biochemical parameters represent better, precise, and objective tools toward the assessment of the nutritional status of children in comparison to anthropometric, clinical, and dietary methods. They constitute laboratory tests to estimate the concentration of circulating nutrients in body fluids. Biochemical parameters are suggestive of acute or subclinical conditions when other methods of... Read more

Chapter 1

Concept of Nutrition

Chapter 2

Biochemical Parameters and Protein Energy Malnutrition

Chapter 3

Biochemical Parameters and Childhood Obesity

Chapter 4

Biochemical Parameters and Childhood Nutritional Anemia

Chapter 5

Biochemical Parameters: Childhood Diarrhea and Malabsorption Syndrome

Biography

Anil Gupta, PhD, is the Dean of Research at Desh Bhagat University and Professor and Head, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry at Desh Bhagat Dental College and Hospital, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, India.