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1 Introduction to nutrition -- 2 Dietary reference values and food-​based dietary guidelines -- 3 Current dietary patterns in the UK -- 4 Nutrition assessment -- 5 Macronutrients and energy balance -- 6 Micronutrients -- 7 Electrolytes and fluid balance -- 8 Food labelling, functional foods, nutrigenetics, and nutrigenomics and food supplements -- 9 Non-​nutrient components of food -- 10 Nutrition and catering in institutions -- 11 Popular diets -- 12 Diet before and during pregnancy -- 13 Infants and preschool children -- 14 School-​aged children and adolescents -- 15 Older people -- 16 Nutrition in vulnerable population groups -- 17 Nutrition interventions with patients and individuals -- 18 Nutrition policy -- 19 Healthy and sustainable diets -- 20 Global nutrition -- 21 Obesity -- 22 Diabetes -- 23 Cardiovascular disease -- 24 Cancer -- 25 Nutrition support -- 26 Nutrition in gastrointestinal diseases -- 27 Pancreatic disease -- 28 Liver disease -- 29 Kidney disease -- 30 Respiratory disease and cystic fibrosis -- 31 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection -- 32 Nutrition in mental health -- 33 Nutrition in neurological conditions -- 34 Rheumatology, dermatology, and bone health -- 35 Palliative care -- 36 Inherited metabolic disorders -- 37 Food hypersensitivity -- 38 Drug-​nutrient interactions and prescription of nutritional products -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Appendix 7 -- Appendix 8 -- Index.

The importance of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and the maintenance of good health is being increasingly recognised. Nutrition is an area that all health professionals need to be aware of and yet one in which few are specifically trained. However it is now becoming a valued topic in many curricula. The Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics makes this information more accessible to dieticians, doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and other healthcare professionals by providing a practical, easily accessible, concise and up-to-date evidence-based guide in a user-friendly portable handbook. It covers the entire life cycle from preconception to old age. As the general public is increasingly aware of the food they eat and the role nutrition plays in health and disease, health professionals must have the kind of knowledge in this book at their fingertips.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.