Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Williams' nutrition textbooks have been a Mosby symbol of quality and excellence for over 20 years. This market leader is an abridged form of the Nutrition And Diet Therapy text covering the essentials on nutrition principles, nutrition throughout the life cycle and introduction to clinical nutrition. Updated with accurate, up-to-the-minute references, ESSENTIALS OF NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY, 7th edition, provides a condensed, comprehensive format perfect for use in nursing, dietetics and other allied health programs. As an added value, each text now contains the NUTRITRAC Nutrition Analysis program on CD ROM.

Provides Practical Application boxes with real-life examples of chapter concepts in use Offers extended coverage on subjects of interest to students through To Probe Further features in each chapter Concludes each chapter with Issues and Answers, timely essays on controversial issues pertinent to the current chapter Easy-to-read, understandable format NEW TO THIS EDITION: Includes a new Cultural Dietary Patterns appendix with information students need to know Integrates information on eating disorders into appropriate chapters Provides the most current information on labeling, food guides and exchange lists

(Includes FREE Nutritrac CD-ROM, online biannual nutrition newsletter, and MERLIN website at:www.harcourthealth.com/merlin/Williams/Essentials/)