Nutrition & Diet Therapy

Description

NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY, 9th Edition, is unique in its organization by diets rather than by organ systems or disease states and distinguishes itself through rich pedagogical features that require students to apply their knowledge as they learn it. This text provides core nutrition concepts and up-to-date clinical content at a level that is accessible to the range of health care team members who are responsible for a client's nutrition needs. NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY provides the basic facts and a wealth of practical information readers need to assume their responsibility for nutrition care. Content: Overview of nutrition and health -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Protein -- Digestion and absorption -- Metabolism, energy balance, and body composition -- Weight management -- The vitamins -- Water and the minerals -- Fitness and nutrition -- Nutrition through the life span : pregnancy and lactation -- Nutrition through the life span : infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Nutrition through the life span : later adulthood -- Illness and nutrition care -- Medications, diet-drug interactions, and herbal supplements -- Specialized nutrition support : enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Foods and food consistency for upper GI disorders -- Fiber-modified diets for lower gastrointestinal tract disorders -- Carbohydrate and fat-modified diets for malabsorption disorders - Nutrition therapy for liver and gallbladder diseases -- Carbohydrate-controlled diets for diabetes mellitus -- Fat-controlled, mineral-modified diets for cardiovascular diseases -- protein-, mineral-, and fluid-modified diets for kidney diseases -- Energy- and protein-modified diets for metabolic and respiratory stress -- Energy- and protein-modified diets for cancer and HIV infection.