Nutrition for health and health care /
Linda DeBruyne and Kathryn Pinna.
- Eighth edition.
- xx, 674 [IN-18] pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of nutrition and health -- Digestion and absorption -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Protein -- Energy balance and body composition -- Weight management -- The vitamins -- Water and the minerals -- Nutrition trough the life span: infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Nutrition through the life span: later adulthood -- Nutrition care and assessment -- Nutrition intervention and diet-drug interactions -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition support -- Nutrition in metabolic and respiratory stress -- Nutrition in metabolic and respiratory stress -- Nutrition and upper gastrointestinal disorders -- Nutrition and lower gastrointestinal disorders -- Nutrition and liver diseases -- Nutrition and diabetes mellitus -- Nutrition and cardiovascular diseases -- Nutrition and renal diseases -- Nutrition, cancer, and HIV infection.