Protein and Amino Acid Requirements in Early Life

PROTEIN AND AMINO ACID REQUIREMENTS IN EARLY LIFE. By L. Emmett Holt, Jr., Paul Gyorgy, Edward L. Pratt, Selma E. Snyderman, and William M. Wallace. New York University Press, 1960. 63 pp. $1. This small volume presents a well-written, critical, and (considering its size) reasonably comprehensive review of the current knowledge of protein nutrition in early childhood. The authors are pediatricians who have distinguished themselves by investigative work in the field. Data from the literature as well as previously unpublished material are evaluated with regard to applicability to clinical problems. A discussion of the epidemiology of protein malnutrition is included. The book is well worth the brief time required to read it, and the extensive bibliography should enable the reader to proceed directly to those aspects of the field in which he has a particular interest.