Cruz-Caudal, Maria Lourdes

Basic nutrition and diet therapy : textbook for allied health / Maria Lourdes Cruz-Caudal - Second edition. - Quezon City, Philippines : C & E Publishing Inc., c2019 - xiii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Composition of Cells -- Chapter 2. Process of Digestion -- Chapter 3. Macronutrients -- Chapter 4. Micronutrients -- Chapter 5. Process of Metabolism -- Chapter 6. Psychologic Value of Food -- Chapter 7. Water and Electrolyte Balance -- Chapter 8. Nutritional Assessment -- Chapter 9. Pregnancy and Lactation -- Chapter 10. Infancy -- Chapter 11. Childhood -- Chapter 12. Adolescence -- Chapter 13. Adulthood -- Chapter 14. Elderhood -- Chapter 15. Introduction to Therapeutic Nutrition -- Chapter 16. Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition -- Chapter 17. Therapeutic Diets.

This textbook is designed specifically for the use of nursing students. It encompasses all the fundamentals of basic nutrition and diet theraphy, from the study of the nutrients, nutritional needs of the different age groups, and nutrition in patient care.

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DIET THERAPHY

RA 216 .C38 2019