Appropriate nutritional practices play a pivotal role in determining optimal health and development of children. Traditional text books and other published literature on the subject is mainly based on the western experience and is not properly oriented to the current needs of developing countries. Further, updating is desirable to keep pace with the tremendous progress made in this field. This publication provides comprehensive "state-of-the-art" information on the subject pertinent to developing countries, particularly India. Besides serving as a textbook, this volume is also intended to provide practical guidelines for day-to-day nutrition-related problems; serve as reference material for researchers, help provide practical leads to planners and sensitize the reader to ongoing National Nutrition Programmes. This book would be of particular interest to pediatricians, especially postgraduate students, nutritionists, public health specialists, physicians dealing with children, policymakers and policy implementers