Nutrition & diet therapy /
Roth, Ruth A.
Australia ; United Kingdom : Delmar Cengage Learning,
c2014.
Previous ed.: 2010.
Previous editions cuttered for Townsend, Carolynn E.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 573-585) and index.
sect. 1. Fundamentals of nutrition -- The relationship of nutrition and health -- Planning a healthy diet -- Digestion, absorption, and metabolism -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids (fats) -- Proteins -- Vitamins -- Minerals -- Water -- sect. 2. Achieving health through good nutrition -- Foodborne illnesses and allergies -- Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation -- Nutrition during infancy -- Nutrition for children and adolescents -- Nutrition during young and middle adulthood -- Nutrition during late adulthood -- sect. 3. Medical nutrition therapy -- Weight management across the life cycle -- Diet and diabetes mellitus -- Diet and cardiovascular disease -- Diet and renal disease -- Diet and gastrointestinal problems -- Diet and cancer -- Diet and clients with special needs -- Nutritional care of clients.
Diet therapy.
Nutrition.