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Nutrition is a vital component to our lives. Although breathing is the most basic function for life, we cannot survive long without food and hydration. Proper nutrition is essential for bodily functions, normal growth, and improved overall health. Without adequate and balanced nutrition, fundamental body operations are diminished, growth is altered, and acute and chronic diseases develop. Throughout the cycle of life nutritional needs change, with popular focus on more critical times such as conception, birth, and end of life. When it comes to children, due to their complex, unique, and constantly changing needs, more than a basic understanding of nutrition is needed to assist professionals in identifying problems and implementing appropriate plans. Children with pulmonary disease have even greater challenges; therefore, nutrition is a primary aspect of immediate and long-term care.
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Baranoski, C.L.N. (2014). Basic Pediatric Nutrition; Foundation of a Healthy Diet. In: Dumont, R., Chung, Y. (eds) Nutrition in Pediatric Pulmonary Disease. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8474-5_1
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