Medical Nutrition and Disease - Softcover

Utilizing a case-based, integrated approach, Medical Nutrition and Disease, 2nd edition offers a complete perspective on the increasingly important role of nutrition in everyday medical practice. Key features include: fundamentals of nutrition assessment; nutrition in pregnancy, lacation, pediatrics and geriatrics; and nutritional management and pathophysiology of diseases.
Each chapter and case is cowritten by an interdisciplinary group of physicians and registered dieticiatians to present the medical and nutritional implications of various clinical scenarios. Readers will learn how to diagnose and manage nutritional problems and answers the questions most frequently asked by patients. This is the one nutrition book every health care professional in training and in practice should have!

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• Medical Nutritional and Disease, 2nd Edition, can be integrated into several basic science and clinical courses or used as its own self-instructional text.
  New edition has been updated by nationally recognized physicians and nutritionists.
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• Includes chapters on vitamins and minerals in health and disease and enteral and parenteral nutrition support.
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• Chapter objectives identity important concepts and apply them to clinical practice.
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• 19 clinical cases simulate actual patient work-ups to reinforce the material and provide a practical approach to patient care.
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• Over 85 multiple choice review questions allow readers to test their knowledge and prepare for course, licensing, and certifying exams.
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• Successful completion of review questions qualifies for 22 American Dietetic association credits and 18 Continuing Nursing Education contact hours.

"The editors of this text have achieved their goal of developing an effective introduction to medical nutrition therapy for health professionals. Although this is not a comprehensive nutrition textbook, it addresses a wide scope of pertinent issues."

Journal of American Dietetic Association