Manual of nutritional therapeutics - Alpers, David H.; Ovid Technologies, Inc. (Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008)
Approach to nutrient deficiency -- Recommendations for healthy young adults -- Recommendations for healthy elderly adults -- Pregnancy and lactation -- Protein and calories: requirements, intake, and assessment -- Vitamins -- Minerals -- Alternative nutritional therapy -- Nutritional support decision making -- Enteral nutritional therapy -- Parenteral nutritional therapy -- Use of diets and dietary components in clinical practice -- Dietary management of diabetes, renal disease, and hyperlipidemia -- Obesity -- Nutritional considerations in wasting diseases (e.g., cancer, AIDS).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Diet therapy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Nutrition -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Diet therapy; Nutrition Physiology; Handbooks