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Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy

1966; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 66; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3420099

1538-7488

Marjorie Murphy, Corinne H. Robinson,

Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education

This text provides students with the fundamentals of nutrition science, the practical applications based upon these fundamentals, and tools to implement these applications. This book considers a comprehensive range of nutrition and diet therapy subjects and includes such teaching aids as case studies, definitions of terms highlighted in margins, bibliographic references, and tables providing information on nutritive value of foods, recommended intake of nutrients, normal physical growth and development, and sample forms for diet history and nutritional assessment. Topics include: foods habits, physiology of digestion, dietary guidelines for wellness and disease prevention, nutrients, diet planning, weight control, eating disorders, obesity, infant nutrition, diet therapy and nutritional assessment