cover image - Williams' Essentials of Nutrition & Diet Therapy - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 12th Edition
ISBN: 9780323529662
Copyright: 2019
Publication Date: 10-01-2018
Page Count: 520
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $85.99

Williams' Essentials of Nutrition & Diet Therapy - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 12th Edition

by Eleanor Schlenker, PhD, RDN and Joyce Ann Gilbert, PhD, RDN

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Williams' Essentials of Nutrition & Diet Therapy - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 12th Edition
ISBN: 9780323529662
Copyright: 2019
Publication Date: 10-01-2018
Page Count: 520
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $85.99
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Awarded first place in the 2019 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Adult Primary Care category. Ensure your students understand the latest nutrition and diet therapies for common diseases. Williams' Essentials of Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 12th Edition offers a solid foundation in the fundamental knowledge and skills your students need to provide effective patient care. It addresses nutrition across the lifespan and includes the 2015 Dietary Goals for Americans as well as MyPlate for Older Adults. This exceptionally reader-friendly text features evidence-based information, real-world case scenarios, colorful illustrations, boxes, and tables to help students learn how to apply essential nutrition concepts and therapies in clinical practice.

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Williams' Essentials of Nutrition & Diet Therapy - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource

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ISBN: 9780323935975
    • NEW! Includes the 2015 Dietary Goals for Americans
    • NEW! MyPlate for Older Adults
    • NEW! Newly-approved Nutrition Labeling Guidelines
    • NEW! New and refreshed case studies
    • NEW! Expanded coverage of health promotion
    • NEW! New coverage of text messages for nutrition and health information
    • Strong community focus
    • Focus on Culture boxes
    • Focus on Food Safety boxes
    • Health Promotion section
    • Diet-Medication Interactions boxes
    • Evidence-Based Practice boxes
    • Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) boxes
    • Perspective in Practice boxes
    • Key terms
    • NEW! Includes the 2015 Dietary Goals for Americans which covers the latest guidelines and medications.
    • NEW! MyPlate for Older Adults developed by the Tufts University Human Research Center on Aging and the AARP Foundation replaces former Food Guide Pyramid.
    • NEW! Newly-approved Nutrition Labeling Guidelines incorporated into text along with the latest medications, research findings, and clinical treatment therapies.
    • NEW! New and refreshed case studies illustrate key concepts in authentic, "real-life" scenarios that reinforce learning and promote nutritional applications.
    • NEW! Expanded coverage of health promotion includes strategies for implementation.
    • NEW! New coverage of text messages for nutrition and health information includes what to watch out for when visiting health-related web sites.

  • PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN NUTRITION
    1.  Nutrition and Health
    2.  Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism
    3. Carbohydrates
    4. Lipids
    5. Proteins
    6. Vitamins
    7. Minerals and Water
    8. Energy Balance

    PART 2:  COMMUNITY NUTRITION AND THE LIFE CYCLE
    9. Food Selection and Food Safety
    10. Community Nutrition: Promoting Healthy Eating
    11. Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation
    12. Nutrition for Normal Growth and Development
    13. Nutrition for Adults: Early, Middle, and Later Years 
    14.  Nutrition and Physical Fitness
    15. The Complexity of Obesity: Beyond Energy Balance

    PART 3: INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL NUTRITION
    16. Nutrition Assessment and Nutrition Therapy in Patient Care
    17. Metabolic Stress
    18. Drug-Nutrient Interactions
    19. Nutrition Support: Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
    20. Gastrointestinal Diseases
    21. Diseases of the Heart, Blood Vessels, and Lungs
    22. Diabetes Mellitus
    23. Renal Disease
    24. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
    25. Cancer

    Appendixes
    A. Body Mass Index: Obesity Values
    B. Food Sources of Oxalates
    C. Calculation Aids and Conversion Tables
    D. Federal Food Assistance Programs

  • Eleanor Schlenker, PhD, RDN, Professor and Extension Specialist, Emerita Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia and Joyce Ann Gilbert, PhD, RDN, President and CEO Association of Nutrition and Foodservice Professionals St. Charles, Illinois
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