Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy - Softcover

Williams, Sue Rodwell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323003982 ISBN 13: 9780323003988

Publisher: Mosby, 1999

Synopsis

This market leader is an abridged form of the Nutrition and Diet Therapy text, presenting only the essential information on nutrition principles, nutrition throughout the life cycle and an introduction to clinical nutrition. It is based on the author's first-hand experience and presents nutrition principles from the basic science through to application in practice. This package also includes the Nutritrac CD-ROM which is a nutrition analysis software with a database of over 2000 foods. It allows the user to input the name of the patient, their weight, daily diet and exercise regimen and determine what is a healthy diet for them. It also provides nutritional content information for all of the foods in the database. Features: * Practical Application Boxes provide examples of real-life use of the material that is presented in the chapter * Issues and Answers provide essays that conclude each chapter with an in-depth examination of a question or controversy relevant to chapter content * The material is well documented with current references from a variety of sources * Case Studies are included in most chapters to provoke discussion and analysis New to this edition: * Includes a new Cultural Dietary Patterns appendix which highlights information students need to know * Expanded coverage of eating disorders including causation and in-depth discussion of eating disorders among men

About this edition

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0323003982
• ISBN 13: 9780323003988
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 657