Principles of nutritional assessment / Rosalind S. Gibson.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 944 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780195171693 (hbk.) :
- 9780195171693 (alk. paper)
- 613.2 GIB
- RC621 .G52 2005
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 613.2 GIB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 216115 |
Previous ed.: 1990.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Food consumption at the national and household levels -- 3. Measuring food consumption of individuals -- 4. Assessment of nutrient intakes from food consumption data -- 5. Measurement errors in dietary assessment -- 6. Reproducibility in dietary assessment -- 7. Validity in dietary assessment methods -- 8. Evaluation of nutrient intakes and diets -- 9. Anthropometric assessment -- 10. Anthropometric assessment of body size -- 11. Anthropometric assessment of body composition -- 12. Anthropometric reference data -- 13. Evaluation of anthropometric indices -- 14. Laboratory assessment of body composition -- 15. Laboratory assessment -- 16. Assessment of protein status -- 17. Assessment of iron status -- 18. Assessment of the status of vitamins A, D, and E -- 19. Assessment of vitamin C status -- 20. Assessment of the status of thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin -- 21. Assessment of vitamin B[subscript 6] status -- 22. Assessment of folate and vitamin B[subscript 12] status -- 23. Assessment of calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium status -- 24. Assessment of chromium, copper and zinc status -- 25. Assessment of iodine and selenium status -- 26. Clinical assessment -- 27. Nutritional assessment of hospital patients.
With over 200 newly drafted figures & many new tables drawn from the wealth of data published over the last 15 years, this new edition has been thoroughly revised.