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Nutrition essentials and diet therapy / Nancy J. Peckenpaugh

By: Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders Elsevier, 2007Edition: Tenth editionDescription: xviii, 680 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781416026112
  • 1416026118
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615.8/54 22
LOC classification:
  • RM 216 .P433 2007
NLM classification:
  • 2006 O-071
  • QU 145
Contents:
The Art of nutrition in a family context -- Carbohydrates, proteins and fats: the energy macronutrients of balanced meals -- The Micronutrients of balanced meals: vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and water -- Digestion, absorption, and metabolism in health and disease -- Insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome -- Obesity and healthy weight management -- Cardiovascular disease -- Diabetes mellitus -- Renal disease -- Cancer: nutrition prevention and treatment -- Maternal and infant nutrition in health and disease -- Growth and development issues in promoting good health -- Nutrition over the adult life span -- Public health issues in national and international nutrition -- The Nutrition care process in the health care setting. Appendices: Websites for nutrition information and educational material -- MyPyramid worksheet -- The Exchange lists for weight management -- Nutritive values of various foods -- Nutritive value of selected ethnic foods -- Fiber content of selected foods -- Body mass index -- Blood pressure tables for children and adolescents -- The DASH eating plan -- Growth charts for boys and girls from birth to 18 years of age -- Food storage guidelines -- Child care meal pattern -- Estimating body frame size -- Metric conversion and equivalents
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Room Use Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Circulation Section SP-M RM 216 .P433 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available M-0076

Includes bibliographical references and index

The Art of nutrition in a family context -- Carbohydrates, proteins and fats: the energy macronutrients of balanced meals -- The Micronutrients of balanced meals: vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and water -- Digestion, absorption, and metabolism in health and disease -- Insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome -- Obesity and healthy weight management -- Cardiovascular disease -- Diabetes mellitus -- Renal disease -- Cancer: nutrition prevention and treatment -- Maternal and infant nutrition in health and disease -- Growth and development issues in promoting good health -- Nutrition over the adult life span -- Public health issues in national and international nutrition -- The Nutrition care process in the health care setting. Appendices: Websites for nutrition information and educational material -- MyPyramid worksheet -- The Exchange lists for weight management -- Nutritive values of various foods -- Nutritive value of selected ethnic foods -- Fiber content of selected foods -- Body mass index -- Blood pressure tables for children and adolescents -- The DASH eating plan -- Growth charts for boys and girls from birth to 18 years of age -- Food storage guidelines -- Child care meal pattern -- Estimating body frame size -- Metric conversion and equivalents

School of Nutrition & Dietetics

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