Barker, Helen M.

Nutrition and dietetics for health care / Nutrition and dietetics. Helen M. Barker, Rachel Lees. - 9th ed. - Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1996. - vi, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Previous ed.: published as Nutrition and dietetics for nurses by Mary Beck. 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION 1: THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION:- 1. Introduction to nutrition--2. Carbohydrates--3. Fats-- 4. Proteins-- 5. Mineral elements and water--6. Vitamins--7. Energy--8. Non-starch polysaccharides (dietary fibre)--9. An introduction to food science-- 10. Food-borne diseases and their prevention--11. Diet-related diseases--SECTION 2: COMMUNITY NUTRITION:- 12. Factors which influence food choice--13. Dietary recommendations for adults--14. Diet in infancy, childhood and adolescence--15. Diet and dental disease--16. Nutrition and older people--17. The nutritional problems of minority ethnic groups--18. Nutrition and mental health--SECTION 3: THERAPEUTIC NUTRITION AND DIETETICS:- 19. Nutrition for people with learning disabilities--20. Diet in obesity--21. Diet and cardiovascular disease--22. Nutritional support--23. Diet in disorders of the gastrointestinal tract--24. Diet in disorders of the liver and biliary system--25. Diet in disorders of the kidneys--26. Diet in diabetes mellitus--27. Diet in some disorders encountered in paediatrics--28. Diet in HIV infection--29. Diet in the treatment of multiple sclerosis--30. Diet and arthritis.

9780443052521 (pbk.) : £17.95 0443052522


Dietetics.
Diet therapy.
Nutrition.
Diet in disease.
Therapy & therapeutics
Community nursing
Dietetics & nutrition
Health and Wellbeing.
Nutrition--Nurses\' instruction
Diet Therapy--Nurses\' instruction
Dietetics--Nurses\' instruction

RM216 / .B24 1996

613.2 BAR