Nutrition and diet therapy : principles and practice / Linda Kelly Debruyne, Kathryn Pinna, Ellie Whitney
Imprint
Belmont, Calif. : Thomson Wadsworth, c2008
Edition
7th ed
Descript
xix, 880 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
CONTENT
Basic nutrition -- Overview of nutrition and health -- Carbohtdrates-- lipids -- Proteins and amino acids -- Digestion and absorption -- metabolism energy balance and body composition -- weihgt management overweihth and underweight -- The vitamins -- water and the minerals -- fitness and nutrition -- Nutrition throughout life -- Nutrition through the life span pregnancy and lactation -- Nutrtion throuhg the life span infanc childhood and adolescence -- Nutrition throug ther life span later adulthood -- Nutrition in health care -- illness and nutrition care -- Medications herbal suppplements and diet drug interactions -- Specialized nutrition support enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Medical nutrition therapy -- consistency - modified and other diets for lows gastrointestinal tract disorders -- cabohydrate and fat modified diefied diets for malabsorption -- nutrition therapy for liver and gallbladder diseases -- carbohydrate controlled diets for diabetes mellitus