Nutrition Guide for Physicians and Related Healthcare Professionals
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-49928-4 (ISBN)
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lt;p>This second edition volume is a desktop reference guide on nutrition and its clinical implications for health and disease. Presented in a new softcover format and user-friendly style, it serves as a valuable resource of practical information on nutrition for physicians and other healthcare professionals in their daily practice. The book covers all important aspects of nutrition including basic nutritional principles, nutrition through the lifecycle and optimal nutrition patterns through all stages of development, and diet and its role in prevention, cause, and treatment of disease.
Norman J. Temple, PhD (Corresponding editor) Centre for Science Athabasca University Athabasca, Alberta T9S 3A3 Canada Ted Wilson, PhD Department of Biology Winona State University Winona, MN 54603 George A. Bray Pennington Center Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Part I: Nutrition Across the Lifespan.- Pregnancy: Preparation for the Next Generation.- Infants: Transition from Breast to Bottle to Solids.- Young Children: Preparing for the Future.- Nutrition in Adolescence.- Nutritional Challenges of Girls and Women.- Healthy Aging: Nutrition Concepts for Older Adults.- Eating Disorders: Disorders of Under and Overnutrition.- Obesity: Understanding and Achieving a Healthy Weight.- Nutrition Therapy Effectiveness for the Treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: Prioritizing Recommendations Based on Evidence.- Lifestyle Interventions to Stem the Tide of Type 2 Diabetes.- Coronary Heart Disease: Nutritional Interventions for Prevention and Therapy.- Diet and Blood Pressure: The High and Low of it.- Role of Nutrition in Understanding Common Gastrointestinal Disorders.- Nutrition in Patients with Diseases of the Liver and Pancreas.- Medical Nutrition Therapy for Kidney Related Disorders.- Inherited Metabolic Disorders and Nutritional Genomics: Choosing the Wrong Parents.- Food Allergy and Intolerance: Diagnosis and Nutritional Management.- Hone Health: Sound Suggestions for Stronger Bones.- Diet, Physical Activity, and Cancer Prevention.- Vegetarian and Vegan Diets: Weighing the Claims.- Dietary Recommendations for Non-Alcoholic Beverages.- What is Best for the Patient: Abstinence or Moderate Alcohol Consumption?.- Dietary Fiber: All Fibers are not Alike.- Dietary Fate: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.- Vitamins: The Essentials.- Mineral Nutrients: from Macro-Level to Ultra Trace.- Issues of Food Safety and Quality: Are "Organic" Food Better?.- What is a Healthy Diet? From Nutritional Science to Food Guides.- Dietary Reference Intakes: Cutting through the Confusion.- Food Labels and Sources of Nutrients: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff.- Achieving Dietary Change: the Role of the Physician.- Dietary Supplements: Navigating a Minefield.- A Plague of False and Misleading Information.- Drug Interactions with Food and Beverages.- Nutritional Status: An Overview of Methods for Assessment.- Nutritional Considerations following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy.
"In this second edition, the authors provide a concise but comprehensive overview of topics related to nutrition and health. ... The editors and authors succeed in providing an up-to-date, balanced review of a full range of nutrition-related topics that clinicians will encounter in current practice. Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in primary care specialties will likely derive the most benefit from this book. Medical students also will find it a useful resource, particularly as they complete their clinical training." (Lisa M. Neff, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2017)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.04.2017 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Nutrition and Health |
| Zusatzinfo | XXXII, 392 p. 20 illus., 14 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie | |
| Schlagworte | biochemistry • Clinical Nutrition • diet • Dietary Recommendations • Dietetics and nutrition • Eating Disorders • Food Allergies • Food Safety • general practice • General Practice / Family Medicine • health promotion and disease prevention • Medicine • Medicine: general issues • Metabolic disorders • Nutrition • Nutrition therapy • primary care medicine • Public health and preventive medicine |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-49928-9 / 3319499289 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-49928-4 / 9783319499284 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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