Oxford handbook of nutrition and dietetics Second Edition, Reprinted (With Corrections) Edition Gandy

Oxford handbook of nutrition and dietetics 2nd Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780199585823,0199585822

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199585822
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199585823
• Author: Joan Webster-Gandy, Angela Madden, Michelle Holdsworth 

Fully updated, the Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics, second edition is a practical quick-reference guide to the vital and valued subject of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and the maintenance of good health. This handbook will be an invaluable companion for all dieticians, nutritionists, and nurses, as well as doctors and students in a variety of specialities.

Concise and bulleted, this handbook takes an integrated approach which facilitates the links between all aspects of nutrition and dietetics. Including nutritional science and based on clinical evidence, it covers everything you will need to be able to carry out your role effectively and confidently. Sections on obesity and a new chapter on international nutrition are timely and topical. Also included is information on nutrition assessment, popular diets, nutrition in systems-based diseases, rarer conditions, as well as helpful lists of foods rich in or free from certain nutrients, and normal range guides and handy reference values. This handbook makes sure the relevant information is at your fingertips whenever you need it, with links to further reading and online sources.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction to nutrition
2. Dietary reference values and food-based dietary guidelines
3. Current dietary patterns in the UK
4. Nutrition assessment
5. Macronutrients and energy balance
6. Micronutrients
7. Electrolytes and fluid balance
8. Food labelling, functional foods, nutrigenetics, and nutrigenomics and food supplements
9. Non-nutrient components of food
10. Nutrition and catering in institutions
11. Popular diets
12. Diet before and during pregnancy
13. Infants and preschool children
14. School-aged children and adolescents
15. Older people
16. Nutrition in vulnerable population groups
17. Nutrition intervention with patients and individuals
18. Nutrition policy
19. Healthy and sustainable diets
20. Global nutrition
21. Obesity
22. Diabetes
23. Cardiovascular disease
24. Cancer and leukaemia
28. Nutrition support
26. Nutrition in gastrointestinal diseases
27. Pancreatic disease
28. Liver disease
29. Renal disease
30. Respiratory disease and cystic fibrosis
31. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
32. Nutrition in mental health
33. Nutrition in neurological conditions
34. Rheumatology, dermatology, and bone health
35. Palliative care
36. Inherited metabolic disorders
37. Food hypersensitivity
38. Drug-nutrient interactions and prescription of nutritional products

People also search: