Nutrition Essentials and Diet Therapy
Description:... Discusses the importance of good nutrition and shows beginning nursing students and other health care professionals how to apply concepts of nutrition to clients of all ages and health concerns. Discusses food facts and fallacies and shows how to accommodate the nutritional needs of AIDS patients and the developmentally disabled. Includes interviewing tips and counseling approaches, the latest RDAs, Canadian Dietary Standards, and an expanded USDA Table of Nutritive Value of Foods. Discusses how to assist clients as they enter physical fitness programs, learn weight management, recover from psychological eating disorders, and fight cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, etc. Includes review questions, illustrations, activities, and case studies.
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