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Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy

  • 16th Edition - August 5, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Staci Nix
  • Language: English

Stay up to date on all the latest in nutrition care with Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 16th Edition. This market-leading text provides concise, need-to-k… Read more

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Stay up to date on all the latest in nutrition care with Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 16th Edition. This market-leading text provides concise, need-to-know coverage of hot topics, emerging trends, and cutting-edge research to ensure you are equipped to make informed decisions on patient nutrition in the clinical space. And with its conversational writing style, vivid illustrations, and wide array of reader-friendly features, you can easily understand how the concepts in the book can be applied in clinical practice. The text is broken out into four parts: an introduction to the basic principles of nutrition science, human growth and development needs, community nutrition, and clinical nutrition. Next Generation NCLEX® case studies and question types are also included in the text and on the companion Evolve website.

Key features

  • Case studies with accompanying questions for analysis in the clinical care chapters focus your attention on related patient care problems
  • Cultural Considerations boxes discuss how a patient's culture can affect nutritional concepts in practice
  • Clinical Applications and For Further Focus boxes highlight timely topics and analyze concepts and trends in depth
  • Bulleted chapter summaries review highlights from the chapter and help you see how the chapter contributes to the book's "big picture."
  • Diet therapy guidelines include recommendations, restrictions, and sample diets for major clinical conditions
  • Drug-Nutrient Interactions boxes highlight important safety information and cover topics such as nutritional supplements for athletics, drugs interfering with vitamin absorption, and over-the-counter weight loss aids
  • Key terms and definitions clarify terminology and concepts critical to your understanding and application of the material

Readership

Students in LPN/LVN programs

Table of contents

PART 1: Introduction to Basic Principles of Nutrition Science

1. Food, Nutrition, and Health

2. Carbohydrates

3. Fats

4. Proteins

5. Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism

6. Energy Balance

7. Vitamins

8. Minerals

9. Water and Electrolyte Balance

PART 2: Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle

10. Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation

11. Nutrition During Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

12. Nutrition for Adults: The Early, Middle, and Later Years

PART 3: Community Nutrition and Health Care

13. Community Food Supply and Health

14. Food Habits and Cultural Patterns

15. Weight Management

16. Nutrition and Physical Fitness

PART 4: Clinical Nutrition

17. Nutritional Care

18. Gastrointestinal and Accessory Organ Problems

19. Coronary Heart Disease and Hypertension

20. Diabetes Mellitus

21. Kidney Disease

22. Surgery and Nutritional Support

23. Nutritional Support in Cancer and AIDS

Appendixes
Glossary

Product details

  • Edition: 16
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 18, 2021
  • Language: English

About the author

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Staci Nix

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Division of Nutrition, College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA