Modern Nutrition In Health And Disease

Modern Nutrition In Health And Disease
ISBN: 9781605474618
Publication Date: 18 December 2012

This widely acclaimed book is a complete, authoritative reference on nutrition and its role in contemporary medicine, dietetics, nursing, public health, and public policy. Distinguished international experts provide in-depth information on historical landmarks in nutrition, specific dietary components, nutrition in integrated biologic systems, nutritional assessment through the life cycle, nutrition in various clinical disorders, and public health and policy issues.

Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 11th Edition, offers coverage of nutrition's role in disease prevention, international nutrition issues, public health concerns, the role of obesity in a variety of chronic illnesses, genetics as it applies to nutrition, and areas of major scientific progress relating nutrition to disease.

Features:

• NEW chapters on: Carotenoids, Neutraceuticals, Prebiotics and Probiotics, Genetic Variation, Epigenetics, Mechanicsms of Nutrient Sensing, Metabolic Consequences of Caloric Restriction, Bariatric Surgery, Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation in Metabolic Diseases, Food Insecurity and Hunger in Children, Irritable Bowel and Diverticular Disease, Cancer Cachexia, Nutrition in Burn and Wound Healing, and Food Assistance Programs
• NEW thePoint site w eBook, Appendices, Image Bank, and PowerPoints of Chapter Outlines
• NEW 2nd color