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F.A. Davis Company Nutrition And Diet Therapy by Carroll A. Lutz, Karen Rutherford Przytulski
This text integrates nutrition science with practical clinical applications. It stresses health promotion and maintenance and discusses the treament of nutrition-related diseases. Numerous sample diets and assessment tools are provided, and each chapter contains a case study organized by nursing process, chapter outline, learning objectives, glossary terms, chapter review questions, clinical calculations and chapter summaries. In addition, internet sites and links are provided for most chapters.
Part 1 The role of nutrients in the human body: 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. Part 2 Family and community nutrition: life cycle nutrition - pregnancy and lactation; life cycle nutrition - infancy, childhood, adolescence; life cycle nutrition - the mature adult; food management; nutrient delivery. Part 3 Clinical nutrition: alternative medicine - botanical remedies and ergogenic aids; food, nutrient and drug interactions; weight control; diet in diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia; diet in cardiovascular disease; diet in renal disease; diet in gastrointestinal disease; diet in cancer; nutrition during stress; diet in HIV and AIDS; nutritional care of the terminally ill.