This manual is a one-stop resource that contains a compilation of facts designed to assist the healthcare professional in delivering nutritional therapy to patients in both ambulatory and hospital settings. Organized in outline format with generous use of tables, the chapters follow these areas: general principles and nutritional recommendations for adults; individual components of nutritional therapy and delivery techniques; and specific metabolic disorders. A new chapter on alternative nutritional therapy reviews the information on approved nutritional supplements. Appendices include commonly used formulas, the newly revised Recommended Dietary Intakes, diet lists for office use, and an explanation of food labels.Paperback edition available only in selected countries. Please check with your local representative or distributor.
A Brandon-Hill recommended title.

Manual of Nutritional Therapeutics

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alpers, David H.

Stenson, William F., M.D.

Bier, Dennis M.

Diets & Weight Loss

Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

Medical Books

Allied Health Professions

Coauthored by three physicians and a dietitian, this quick-reference manual provides practical, evidence-based recommendations for nutrition of healthy individuals, nutritional support of hospitalized patients, and dietary management of patients with diabetes, renal disease, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and wasting diseases such as cancer and AIDS. This thoroughly updated edition includes new information on metabolic syndrome, immuno-nutrition, and vitamin D deficiency. Chapters on nutritional support decision making, enteral and parenteral nutritional therapy, and use of diets and dietary components in clinical practice have been completely revised. Appendices include commonly used formulae, recommended dietary allowances, food labeling, and dietary guides for patient use.

Manual of Nutritional Therapeutics (Spiral Manual Series)

Taylor, Beth E.

Medicine

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