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Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease

By Benjamin Caballero , Maurice E. Shils , Moshe Shike , A. Catharine Ross , Robert J. Cousins

Book information

Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Year
2005
ISBN
0781741335, 9780781741330
LCC
QP141 .M64 2006
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
43 MB (44958901 bytes)
Series
Modern Nutrition in Health & Disease (Shils)
Edition
10
Pages
2146\3276
Time added
2012-04-14 03:48:41

Description

The Tenth Edition of this widely acclaimed book is a complete, authoritative reference on nutrition and its role in contemporary medicine, dietetics, nursing, public health, and public policy. Distinguished international experts provide in-depth information on historical landmarks in nutrition, specific dietary components, nutrition in integrated biologic systems, nutritional assessment through the life cycle, nutrition in various clinical disorders, and public health and policy issues. This 50th Anniversary edition offers coverage of nutrition's role in disease prevention, international nutrition issues, public health concerns, the role of obesity in a variety of chronic illnesses, genetics as it applies to nutrition, and areas of major scientific progress relating nutrition to disease.

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