Pocket Guide to Nutritional Care
4th Edition
Published on 15. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
532 pages
978-0-323-00843-3 (ISBN)
Description
Thoroughly revised and updated, "Pocket Guide to Nutritional Care 4th Edition" serves as a complete, portable nutritional reference for care givers, including nursing students, nurses, dieticians and other health professionals, who need to understand the nutritional aspects of health care delivery. It includes updates of information pertaining to US RDA, Healthy People 2001, a new Health Weight Standards chart, diet drugs, alcoholism and nutritional requirements for the elderly.
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Series
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
St Louis
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primary: Undergraduate health-care students; practicing nurses and health related professionals in all patient settings; secondary: nutritionists and registered dietitians
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 187 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-323-00843-3 (9780323008433)
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Content
UNIT I: NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE * Nutrition and Health: Overview * Nutrition Assessment * Pregnancy and Lactation * Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence * Aging * Physical Fitness and Athletic Competition * UNIT II: OBESITY AND EATING DISORDERS * Obesity and Weight Control * Eating Disorders * UNIT III: NUTRITION SUPPORT * Enteral Nutrition * Parenteral Nutrition * UNIT IV: NUTRITION AND SPECIFIC CLINICAL CONDITIONS * Surgery, Trauma, and Burns * Gastrointestinal Disorders * Cancer * HIV Infection * Heart Disease * Pulmonary Disease * Renal Disease * Diabetes Mellitus * Alcohol-Related, Mental, and Neurologic Disorders * Low Birth Weight Infants * APPENDIXES * Functions and Dietary Sources of Some Important Nutrients * Dietary Fiber in Common Foods * Healthy Weight Ranges for Men and Women of All Ages * Growth Charts for Children * TSF and AMC Percentiles * Laboratory Reference Values * Caffeine Content of Selected Beverages and Foods * Drug-Nutrient Interactions * Resources for Planning Interventions, Referrals, and Teaching * Modified Diets * Food Safety Guidelines