Nutrition & Diet Therapy Ref Dictionary 4e Paper - Softcover

Lagua, Rosalinda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0412070618 ISBN 13: 9780412070617

Publisher: Chapman & Hall, 1995

Synopsis

This wide-ranging volume covers all aspects of nutrition, including assessment, drug-nutrient interactions, laboratory interpretations, enteral and parenteral nutrition support, community and public health nutrition programs, nutrition throughout the life cycle, and such topics as nutrition and the immune system, nutrition labelling, chemical dependency, AIDS, and organ transplantation. Its comprehensive coverage of medical nutrition therapy and public health nutrition far exceeds the standard medical dictionaries. With more than 3000 carefully selected entries and 50 appendices, the new Fourth edition includes 380 new terms and more than 600 revised and expanded definitions. Definitions are cross-referenced to other entries and the materials found in the Appendix to provide further details and information.

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Review

This dictionary contains an enormous amount of information on nutrition that is not found in standard medical dictionaries. The drugs included in this dictionary are well defined as to their effect on nutrition status or interaction with nutrients. This reference book would be an excellent addition to all health science, drug information and nutrition libraries as well as nutrition students _ Doody Publishing; This dictionary contains an enormous amount of information on nutrition that is not found in standard medical dictionaries. The drugs included in this dictionary are well defined as to their effect on nutrition status or interaction with nutrients. This reference book would be an excellent addition to all health science, drug information and nutrition libraries as well as nutrition students _ Doody Publishing; ...the book is an excellent account of how behaviour is adapted to fit ecological conditions...the book should interest scientists as well as laypersons interested in the ecology and social behaviour of cattle and other large herbivores. - Applied Animal Behaviour Science; Both the professional and lay person interested in nutrition and dietetic issues will find the new fourth edition of the Nutrition and Diet Therapy Reference Dictionary to be a welcomed addition to their libraries. - Jnl. of Nurtition for the Elderly

From the Back Cover

Filling the need unmet by today′s medical dictionaries, the new fifth edition of Nutrition and Diet Therapy Reference Dictionary, is the most comprehensive dictionary covering nutrition and diet therapy available for health care professionals. In this wide–ranging, authoritative volume, authors Lagua and Claudio cover all aspects of nutrition, including assessment, drug nutrient interactions, laboratory interpretations, enteral and parenteral nutrition support, community and public health nutrition programs, and nutrition throughout the life cycle. Much more than a dictionary, the word entries don′t just define, but include the main reasons for suggested nutrition therapy and dietary guidelines, foods allowed, and avoided. Coverage includes such topics as nutrition and the immune system, phytonutrients, functional foods, alternative medicine, and the new standard for dietary reference intakes.

Special features of the Dictionary are entries on 160 different diets; nutrition therapy for more than 360 disorders, including inborn–errors of metabolism; 170 drugs and their effects on nutrition; and more than 150 nutritional products with their main uses and composition. Of particular importance are topics of public health concerns for the second millennium, and dietary recommendations for prevention of major degenerative diseases such as obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cancer. The extensive Appendices include over 50 tables, forms, and charts that enrich the word definitions and serve as essential reference aids for the health care professional.

With more than 3,200 carefully selected entries, the new fifth edition includes 700 new terms and more than 600 revised and expanded definitions. Terms have been meticulously chosen based on their frequency of use and importance in nutrition. All practitioners in the fields of nutrition and dietetics, as well as educators, students, and others interested in nutrition will find the updated, new edition of Nutrition and Diet Therapy Reference Dictionary a compact, handy, yet comprehensive reference tool covering almost all aspects of nutrition and dietetics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chapman & Hall
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0412070618
• ISBN 13: 9780412070617
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 508