Description |
xv, 608 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents |
1. Introduction to Nutrition and the Life Span -- 2. Nutrition Screening and Assessment -- 3. Promoting Dietary Change / Gail Kaye -- 4. Pregnancy -- 5. High-Risk Pregnancy -- 6. Lactation and Breast-Feeding / Kathryn A. Witt and Mary Ann Mihok -- 7. Nutrition during Infancy -- 8. The High-Risk Infant / Melody Thompson -- 9. Nutrition during Growth: Preschool through Preadolescence / Martha Orabella -- 10. Nutrition for Children with Special Needs -- 11. Nutrition During Adolescence -- 12. Adulthood -- 13. Aging and Older Adults -- 14. Eating Dilemmas: Dietary Restraint, Bingeing, Purging, Excessive Consumption, and Excessive Exercise -- 15. Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Performance / Diane L. Habash -- App. A. Estimated Sodium, Chloride, and Potassium Minimum Requirements of Healthy Persons -- App. B. Reference Data for Anthropometric Measurements -- App. C. Example of Food Frequency Questionnaire -- App. D. Nutrient Content of Breast Milk and Selected Commercial Infant Formulas -- App. E. Growth Charts: United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- App. F. Equations for Estimating Stature from Knee Height for Various Groups -- App. G. Reference Data for Anthropometric Measurements for Men and Women 50 Years of Age and Older -- App. H. Cultural Dietary Patterns |
Summary |
Providing clear, concise and comprehensive nutrition information, this new second edition has been reorganized to create a more natural flow through the life span - from conception through infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and advanced age |
Analysis |
Dietetics & nutrition |
Notes |
Previous ed.: 1997 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Older people -- Nutrition.
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Nutrition.
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Children -- Nutrition.
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Nutrition
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Author |
Mitchell, Mary Kay.
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LC no. |
2002021119 |
ISBN |
0721692923 paperback |
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