Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition

• Teaching Tool boxes include strategies for providing nutrition counseling to patients.
• Applying Content Knowledge and Critical Thinking/Clinical Applications case studies help students learn to apply nutrition principles to real-world practice situations.
• NEW! Cultural Diversity and Nutrition sections in each chapter highlight health issues and eating patterns related to specific ethnic groups to help students approach, interview, and assess patients from diverse populations.
• NEW! Completely updated content throughout incorporates the latest dietary guidelines and most current information on topics such as good vs. bad fats, nutrition during pregnancy, microbiota/probiotics/prebiotics, and more.
• Personal Perspective boxes offer first-hand accounts of interactions with patients and their families, demonstrating the personal touch for which this book is known.
• Social Issue　boxes　emphasize ethical, social, and community concerns on local, national international levels to reveal the various influences on health and wellness.
• Health Debate　boxes prepare students to encounter differing opinions or controversies about food, nutrition, and health concerns.
• NEW! Additional Nursing Approach　boxes　analyze realistic nutrition case studies from the perspective of the nursing process.
• NEW! Expanded coverage of inflammation highlights its pivotal role in conditions such as obesity, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.
• Key terms and a glossary make it easy to learn key vocabulary and concepts.
• NEW! Enhanced coverage of health literacy equips students with strategies for enhancing patient education for those with low literacy skills.

• NEW! Completely updated content throughout incorporates the latest dietary guidelines and most current information on topics such as good vs. bad fats, nutrition during pregnancy, microbiota/probiotics/prebiotics, and more.
• NEW! Cultural Diversity and Nutrition sections in each chapter highlight health issues and eating patterns related to specific ethnic groups to help you approach, interview, and assess patients from diverse populations.
• NEW! Enhanced coverage of health literacy equips you with strategies for enhancing patient education for those with low literacy skills.
• NEW! Additional Nursing Approach　boxes　analyze realistic nutrition case studies from the perspective of the nursing process.
• NEW! Expanded coverage of inflammation highlights its pivotal role in conditions such as obesity, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

PART I: Wellness, Nutrition, and the Nursing Role
1.  Wellness Nutrition
2.  Personal and Community Nutrition

PART II: Nutrients, Food, and Health
3.  Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism
4.  Carbohydrates
5.  Fats
6.  Protein
7.  Vitamins
8.  Water and Minerals

PART III: Health Promotion Through Nutrition and Nursing Practice
9.  Energy, Weight and Fitness
10. Nutrition Across the Life Span

PART IV: Overview of Medical Nutrition Therapy
11.  Nutrition Assessment and Patient Care
12.  Food-Related Issues
13.  Nutrition for Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract
14.  Nutrition for Disorders of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas
15.  Nutrition for Diabetes Mellitus
16.  Nutrition in Metabolic Stress: Burns, Trauma, and Surgery
17.  Nutrition for Cardiopulmonary Disease
18.  Nutrition for Diseases of the Kidneys
19.  Nutrition for Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders
20.  Nutrition in Cancer and HIV-AIDS

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