| Description |
xii, 724 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Evolution and the science of nutrition -- Individualizing client care -- Carbohydrates -- Fats -- Protein -- Energy balance -- Vitamins -- Minerals -- Water and body fluids -- Digestion, absorption, metabolism, and excretion -- Life cycle nutrition: pregnancy and lactation -- Life cycle nutrition: infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Life cycle nutrition: the mature adult -- Food management -- Nutrient delivery -- Complementary medicine: nutritional aspects -- Food, nutrient, and drug interactions -- Weight control -- Diet in diabetes mellitus and hypoglycemia -- Diet in cardiovascular disease -- Diet in renal disease -- Diet in gastrointestinal disease -- Diet and cancer -- Nutrition during stress -- Diet in HIV and AIDS -- Nutritional care of the terminally ill |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Dietetics.
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Diet therapy.
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Nutrition.
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| Author |
Przytulski, Karen Rutherford.
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| LC no. |
2005014731 |
| ISBN |
0803613369 |
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9780803613362 |
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