Nutrition: Essentials and Diet Therapy

A text which covers every aspect of nutrition and diet, from basic nutrients to planning a diabetic's diet. It emphasizes the importance of nutrition in keeping clients healthy, and provides coverage of nutrition principles, and their therapeutic applications. Features include weight tables, food tables, diabetic exchange lists, sample meal plans, and a glossary of terms. Also discusses public health and community nutrition, nutrition in cancer, cardiovascular and renal disease, disorders of the gastro-intestinal tract, basic hospital diets, and more.