New author Staci Nix brings this market-leading textbook a fresh perspective and a wider scope. Nix keeps the appealing style and content of earlier editions but brings in new ideas ― plus a healthy portion of practical insight gained from years of clinical experience. The book follows a logical organization, presenting basic concepts in Part 1, applying that content to specific demographic groups in Part 2, exploring the more specific roles of community nutrition and health promotion in Part 3, and finally focusing on nutrition as related to selected disease processes in Part 4.
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<li>Engaging design is a hallmark of this popular text, with colorful openers, illustrations, boxes, tables, and textual presentations. </li>
<li>Clinical Applications and For Further Focus boxes highlight hot topics, and analyze a particular concept or trend in depth. </li>
<li>Clinical Applications boxes provide case studies to focus attention on related patient care problems. </li>
<li>Key Concepts and Key Terms condense critical information into easy-to-find boxes. </li>
<li>Each chapter in Part 4 includes diet therapy guidelines that include various recommendations, restrictions, and sample diets for major clinical conditions. </li>
<li>Chapter summaries put content into perspective ― the "big picture" of nutrition. </li>
<li>Challenge Questions use true/false, multiple-choice, and matching formats to test students' understanding of chapter content. </li>
<li>Critical Thinking Questions challenge students to analyze, apply, and combine various concepts. </li>
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<li>Content threads ― features shared with other Elsevier titles ― help to streamline the learning process. These include a reader-friendly approach, attractive cover design, Key Concepts, Critical Thinking questions, Chapter Challenge Questions, Key Terms boxes, and boxes devoted to special content. </li>
<li>Cultural Considerations boxes point out the influence of a patient's background on his or her dietary intake. </li>
<li>The most up-to-date Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) information has been integrated throughout the text, including the newest data concerning energy, carbohydrates, fiber, fat, fatty acids, cholesterol, protein, and amino acids, as well as the brand NEW 2004 DRIs for water and electrolytes. </li>
<li>Coverage of hot topics and trends is expanded, including genetics, syndrome X, high-protein/low-carbohydrate diets, the increased incidence of type 2 diabetes, and antioxidants. </li>
<li>Key websites and resources are recommended for further study and research, offering access to in-depth information and updated content. </li>
<li>Up-to-date information enhances discussions in many chapters, including content on the role of nutrition during pregnancy and childhood, the resulting effects on population and age distribution, alternative means of agriculture, weight management, drug interactions, and much more. </li>
<li>The Cultural Dietary Patterns and Religious Dietary Practices appendix is extensively revised to include key food sources for a wide variety of cultural, ethnic, and religious groups.</li>
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Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy

Medical Books

Staci Nix

Allied Health Professions

Mosby

Part of the popular LPN Threads Series, Williams’ Basic Nutrition &amp; Diet Therapy is the market leader for a reason: you get coverage of hot topics, emerging trends, and cutting edge research, plus all the essentials for providing the best nutrition care. Written in a clear, conversational style, the book begins with the fundamental concepts of nutrition and then applies those concepts to diverse demographic groups in different stages of life. You also learn how selected disease processes work, and how to help communities and individuals achieve health and healthy living. A free CD contains Nutritrac, a computer program that helps you analyze case studies and create customized client profiles.
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<li>An engaging design includes colorful openers, illustrations, boxes, tables, and text layout. </li>
<li>Clinical Applications and For Further Focus boxes highlight hot topics and analyze concepts and trends in depth. </li>
<li>Case studies in clinical care chapters focus attention on related patient care problems. </li>
<li>Key Concepts and Key Terms condense critical information into easy-to-find boxes. </li>
<li>Diet therapy guidelines include recommendations, restrictions, and sample diets for a number of major clinical conditions. </li>
<li>Cultural Considerations boxes discuss how a patient’s culture can affect nutritional concepts in practice. </li>
<li>Challenge questions use true/false, multiple-choice, and matching formats to test your understanding of chapter content. </li>
<li>Critical thinking questions challenge you to analyze, apply, and combine concepts. </li>
<li>Chapter summaries put content into perspective in terms of the “big picture in nutrition. </li>
<li>Internet-based research and learning is emphasized and expanded throughout the text, citing key websites. </li>
<li>Useful appendixes include information on cholesterol content, fiber content, cultural and religious dietary patterns, and more. </li>
<li>A companion website contains case studies applying chapter content to real-life examples, 350 study questions for instant self-assessment, the most recent growth charts from the CDC, the ADA’s Nutrition Care Process, and links to online information sources. </li>
<li>Mosby’s NUTRITRAC Nutrition Analysis and Weight Management CD offers the perfect clinical practice tool, letting you create customized personal profiles and analyze food intake and energy output ― by using a database of more than 3,000 foods and more than 150 sporting, recreational, and occupational activities. </li>
<li>Unique! Content threads share features with other LPN/LVN titles from Elsevier for a consistent learning experience. </li>
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<li>More than 50 new illustrations include more age and culturally diverse images as well as more illustrations of disease states.</li>
<li>New assessment tools in the text include the Mini Mental State Examination, PAR-Q (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire), body composition measurement tools, and tools for energy requirement calculations. </li>
<li>Drug-Nutrient Interaction boxes highlight potential adverse effects of specific medications. </li>
<li>Updated statistics on diseases and conditions illustrate emerging trends and hot topics such as obesity and supplement use. </li>
<li>Updated Choose Your Foods: Exchange Lists for Diabetes in the appendix includes new content for culturally diverse populations. </li>
<li>A new figure illustrates the complex processes of digestion and metabolism. </li>
<li>Water Balance chapter includes the DRIs for fluids and provides the water content of selected foods. </li>
<li>Nutrition in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence chapter adds information on the growing problem of overweight and obese children. </li>
<li>Weight Management chapter covers food misinformation and fads, addressing the dangers and the groups vulnerable to such misinformation. </li>
<li>Gastrointestinal and Accessory Organ Problems chapter includes recent research on the pathogenesis of celiac disease along with the principles and selected foods of the gluten-free diet for treatment. </li>
<li>Coronary Heart Disease and Hypertension chapter is updated to follow the now-standard Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC) diet to treat hypertension. </li>
<li>Surgery and Nutritional Support chapter includes considerations and diets used in treatment for the post-bariatric surgery patient. </li>
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Williams' Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Elsevier

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Williams Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy

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Williams' Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Williams Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy