Elsevier Developing Children's Food Products (Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition)

Children s growth, development and health potentials are dependent on the nutrient quantity and quality of their diet, yet many children s diets are not optimal. This book reviews key topics in this area. Part one focuses on pre-adult nutrition and health, with chapters on children s dietary needs, childhood obesity and the links between diet, behaviour and cognition in children. Following chapters review children s food choices, with discussion of the effects of food promotion on food preferences and the effective design of interventions to improve children s food choices. Consumer testing of food products using children is also covered at the end of the volume. Key Features: covers topical issues in pre-adult nutrition and health, discussing diet and behaviour and growing health problems such as childhood obesity and food allergies; reviews children s food choices, addressing food promotion and food choice in children and strategies that can be used to improve children s food choices; considers the design of food and drink products for children, with an emphasis on working with children and how best to undertake testing. Contents: Part 1 Pre-adult nutrition and health: Children s dietary needs: nutrients, interactions and their role in health; Fluids and children s health; Childhood obesity: the contribution of diet; Diet, behaviour and cognition in children; Food allergies and intolerances in children. Part 2 Children s food choices: Food promotion and food choice in children; Increasing children s food choices: strategies based upon research and practice; School-based interventions to improve food choices: The Kid s Choice Program. Part 3 Design of food and drink products for children: Consumer testing of food products using children; Case studies of consumer testing of food products using children; Working with children and adolescents for food product development.