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This text offers a comprehensive guide to nutrition, diet and food for health professionals. It summarizes the present knowledge of human nutrition and applies this to dietary planning for particular groups and individuals.

Table of Contents
Part 1 Physiological nutrition: nutrition, diet and health; digestion, absorption and metabolism; carbohydrates; proteins; fats; vitamins; mineral elements; dietary energy. Part 2 Dietary planning: a healthy diet; pregnancy and lactation; feeding children; diet in adult life; the elderly; ethnic groups; vegetarianism; low-income groups; diabetes mellitus; diet and nutrition in hospital; adverse reactions to foods. Part 3 Food and food products: foods - their composition, labelling, storage and choice; meals and recipes.

Diet and Nutrition A Guide For Students And Practitioners

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      Publisher: Springer Us
      Publication Date: 8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780412597008, 978-0412597008
      ISBN10: 0412597004
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      Science & Nature Biochemistry

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text offers a comprehensive guide to nutrition, diet and food for health professionals. It summarizes the present knowledge of human nutrition and applies this to dietary planning for particular groups and individuals.

      Table of Contents
      Part 1 Physiological nutrition: nutrition, diet and health; digestion, absorption and metabolism; carbohydrates; proteins; fats; vitamins; mineral elements; dietary energy. Part 2 Dietary planning: a healthy diet; pregnancy and lactation; feeding children; diet in adult life; the elderly; ethnic groups; vegetarianism; low-income groups; diabetes mellitus; diet and nutrition in hospital; adverse reactions to foods. Part 3 Food and food products: foods - their composition, labelling, storage and choice; meals and recipes.

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