MODERN NUTRITION in Health and Disease

• Other Authors: Ross, A. Catharine (Editor), Caballero, Benjamin (Editor), Cousins, Robert J. (Editor), Tucker, Catherine L. (Editor), Ziegler, Thomas R. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2014
• Edition: ELEVENTH EDITION
• Subjects: Nutritional physiological phenomena; Micronutrients > Physiology; Micronutrients > Therapeutic use; Nutrition therapy
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• Physical Description: xxiv, 1616 pages illustrations 29 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781605474618; 1605474614

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.