Nutrition and diet therapy / Linda K. DeBruyne, Kathryn Pinna, and Eleanor N. Whitney

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Overview of nutrition and health -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Protein -- Digestion and absorption -- Metabolism, energy balance, and body composition -- Weight management: overweight and underweight -- Vitamins -- Water and the minerals -- Fitness and nutrition -- Nutrition through the life span: pregnancy and lactation -- Nutrition through the life span: infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Nutrition through the life span: later adulthood -- Illness and nutrition care -- Medications, diet-drug interactions, and herbal supplements -- Specialized nutrition support: enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Foods and food consistency for upper GI disorders -- Fiber-modified diets for lower gastrointestinal tract disorders -- Carbohydrate and fat modified diets for malabsorption disorders -- Nutrition therapy for liver and gallbladder diseases -- Carbohydrate-controlled diets for diabetes mellitus -- Fat-controlled, mineral-modified diets for cardiovascular diseases -- Protein-mineral and fluid-modified diets for kidney diseases -- Energy and protein-modified diets for metabolic and respiratory stress -- Energy and protein-modified diets for cancer and HIV infection

Provides core nutrition concepts and clinical content at a level that is accessible to the range of health care team members who are responsible for a client's nutrition needs. This title also provides the basic facts and information that readers need to assume their responsibility for nutrition care.