Krause's food, nutrition, & diet therapy / edited by L. Kathleen Mahan and Sylvia Escott-Stump.

Includes index.

Contents: Ch. 1. Digestion, absorption, transport, and excretion of nutrients -- Ch. 2. Energy -- Ch. 3. Macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids -- Ch. 4. Vitamins -- Ch. 5. Minerals -- Ch. 6. Water, electrolytes, and acid-base balance -- Ch. 7. Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation -- Ch. 8. Nutrition during infancy -- Ch. 9. Nutrition for low-birth-weight infants -- Ch. 10. Nutrition in childhood -- Ch. 11. Nutrition in adolescence -- Ch. 12. Nutrition in the adult years -- Ch. 13. Nutrition in aging -- Ch. 14. Nutrition in the community -- Ch. 15. Guidelines for dietary planning -- Ch. 16. Introduction to nutritional genomics -- Ch. 17. Dietary and clinical assessment -- Ch. 18. Laboratory data in nutrition assessment -- Ch. 19. Food-drug interactions -- Ch. 20. Integrative medicine and phytotherapy -- Ch. 21. The nutrition care process -- Ch. 22. Counseling for change -- Ch. 23. Enteral and parenteral nutrition support -- Ch. 24. Nutrition for weight management -- Ch. 25. Nutrition in eating disorders -- Ch. 26. Nutrition for exercise and sports performance -- Ch. 27. Nutrition and bone health -- Ch. 28. Nutrition for oral and dental health -- Ch. 29. Medical nutrition therapy for upper gastrointestinal tract disorders -- Ch. 30. Medical nutrition therapy for lower gastrointestinal tract disorders -- Ch. 31. Medical nutrition therapy for liver, biliary system, and exocrine pancreas disorders -- Ch. 32. Medical nutrition therapy for food allergy and food intolerance -- Ch. 33. Medical nutrition therapy for diabetes mellitus and hypoglycemia of nondiabetic origin -- Ch. 34. Medical nutrition therapy for anemia -- Ch. 35. Medical nutrition therapy in cardiovascular disease -- Ch. 36. Medical nutrition therapy in hypertension -- Ch. 37. Medical nutrition therapy for heart failure and transplant -- Ch. 38. Medical nutrition therapy for pulmonary disease -- Ch. 39. Medical nutrition therapy for renal disorders -- Ch. 40. Medical nutrition therapy for cancer prevention, treatment, and recovery -- Ch. 41. Medical nutrition therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease -- Ch. 42. Medical nutrition therapy for metabolic stress: sepsis, trauma, burns, and surgery -- Ch. 43. Medical nutrition therapy for neurologic disorders -- Ch. 44. Medical nutrition therapy for rheumatic disorders -- Ch. 45. Medical nutrition therapy for metabolic disorders

Answers a variety of questions related to food, diet, and nutrition, offering advice on how diet can be altered to improve metabolism, what diet changes can be helpful in treating different ailments, how different aspects of a person's diet affects specific body systems, and other related topics.