Abstract: A reference text for pediatricians interested in nutrition presents 10 authoritative technical reviews by experts from 7 countries covering key nutritional topics of infants before and following birth. The first 3 reviews focus on fetal carbohydrate, amino, and lipid metabolism and on maternal-fetal nutritional relationships. The remaining 7 reviews address postnatal infant nutrition, including both nutritional factors (water as the major nutrient; fat uptake in premature infants; and the relationships between infant growth and breast feeding) and the role of nutrition in disease states (infection; protein-energy malnutrition; rickets; and insulin-dependent diabetes). The reviews cover both theoretical and practical aspects of fetal and post-natal nutrition. Data tables and illustrations are presented throughout the text, and literature citations are appended at the end of each review.;