This widely acclaimed book is a complete, authoritative reference on nutrition and its role in contemporary medicine, dietetics, nursing, public health, and public policy. Distinguished international experts provide in-depth information on historical landmarks in nutrition, specific dietary components, nutrition in integrated biologic systems, nutritional assessment through the life cycle, nutrition in various clinical disorders, and public health and policy issues.
Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 11th Edition, offers coverage of nutrition's role in disease prevention, international nutrition issues, public health concerns, the role of obesity in a variety of chronic illnesses, genetics as it applies to nutrition, and areas of major scientific progress relating nutrition to disease.
Table of Contents
SectionA Major Dietary Constituents
SectionB Minerals
SectionC Vitamins
SectionD Other Compounds with Health Relevance
PartII Nutritional Roles in Integrated Biologic Systems
SectionA Nutritient-Gene Mechanisms
SectionB Digestive, Endocrine, and Neural Mechanisms
PartIII Nutritional Needs and Assessment During the Life Cycle and Physiologic Challenges
PartIV Prevention and Management of Disease
SectionA Obesity and Diabetes
SectionB Cardiovascular Diseases
SectionC Pediatric and Adolescent Disorders
SectionD Disorders of the Alimentary Tract
SectionE Nutritional Management During Cancer
SectionF Skeletal and Joint Disorders
SectionG Nutrition in Surgery and Trauma
SectionH Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Neurological Diseases
SectionI Other Systemic Disorders
SectionJ Food Additives, Hazards, and Nutrient-Drug Interactions
PartV Nutrition of Populations
SectionA Nutrition in a Changing World
SectionB Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health