Newborn and Infant Nutrition: A Clinical Decision Support Chart, 2nd Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781610027939 ISBN-10: 1610027930 Copyright: 2025 Edition: 2nd Editor: AAP, Doody's Expert Review    Score: 78 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Maradith Skalak,  MD  (Tulane University School of Medicine) Description This is a clinical guide that reviews important aspects of newborn and infant nutrition. It is a laminated, flippable chart and each topic organized into reference tables. This second edition updates the first edition published in 2020. Purpose The book's purpose is to support clinical decisions and provide updated and evidence-based information on nutrition to pediatricians caring for infants and newborns. It incorporates federal guidelines and practice recommendations to support pediatricians in providing high quality recommendations to parents regarding the care and feeding of their infants. This chart provides a useful reference for pediatricians when counseling parents in the office, including prompts for frequent parental questions and concerns. The organization of the chart with flip tabs allows clinicians to quickly locate their topic of interest. Audience This chart is designed to aid in all those caring for newborns and infants, primarily in outpatient settings, although there are topics which could be useful to inpatient care providers as well. Pediatricians, family medicine physicians, and nurse practitioners responsible for counseling parents in the newborn and infant period will benefit from this clinical support tool, as well as students or trainees in these fields. Breast milk and breastfeeding are covered at length, which addresses a potential knowledge gap for clinicians supporting nursing mothers. The organization of the chart is especially useful, with highlighted tabs to easily flip to the desired topic. This chart is a publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a credible and reputable source for information regarding the care of children. Features This clinical decision support chart primarily compiles reference tables that review important aspects of newborn and infant nutrition. The first several sections are dedicated to breast milk and breastfeeding, highlighting the importance of an exclusive human milk diet in the first months of life and ways to support nursing mothers. It then covers infant formulas, calorie requirements, and recommendations for introducing complementary foods. There are also sections reviewing vitamin and mineral requirements, as well as some special medical considerations such as inborn errors of metabolism. Throughout the book, common nutrition myths and frequent parental concerns are addressed with evidence-based recommendations. The text is well-organized and primarily in table format. While the table format works well for many topics, it can also be a little overwhelming and information dense. It incorporates recommendations from multiple sources, which adds legitimacy to the charts but also increases the information burden within the tables. Assessment This is a well-sourced, organized, and clinically useful reference tool for pediatricians and clinicians caring for newborns and infants. By combining federal guidelines, clinical recommendations, and advice for practicing clinicians, this chart is a useful tool for nutrition information in infants and newborns. This is a decision support tool, not a comprehensive textbook, so information is streamlined and concise, primarily presented in table format. The reference tables provide updated guidelines regarding nutritional requirements, which might be more information than strictly necessary for the day-to-day care of patients. The real strength of this chart is in the anticipatory guidance, common concerns, and correction of nutrition "myths" that clinicians are likely to encounter. The second edition includes clinically relevant information regarding breastfeeding practices, preterm infants, food allergies, and vegetarian diets. I recommend this tool, especially the breastfeeding sections, to all practicing clinicians caring for newborns and infants to better support these parents. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 6 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 6 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 3 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? N/A 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 6 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 6 ©2026 Doody Enterprises, Inc.