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Abstract: A textbook provides basic information on normal and therapeutic human nutrition for students in nursing, dietetics, nutrition, and allied health fields. The text material is organized into 3 parts. The first part provides information on nutrients, energy and body composition, and fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance. The second part covers the role of normal nutrition as related to nutritional requirements, nutritional status, and nutrition-related health problems and controversies at each stage of the life cycle and in various circumstances. The topics of education, culture, food additives, and toxicants also are addressed. The final section is devoted entirely to the nutrition and dietary care of patients with specific clinical disorders. Each chapter concludes with study questions. (wz).
Abstract: A basic text for senior undergraduate or graduate nutrition majors and a reference text for health professionals treating elderly patients provides scientific and practical information and guidelines on the nutritional needs and care of the elderly. The 11 text chapters cover: life style characteristics of the elderly; the physiology and pathology of aging (including the aging processes of tissues and organs and the characteristics of a variety of diseases); nutrition surveys on the nutritional status of the elderly; specific nutritional requirements; factors influencing food intake; procedures for assessing nutritional status; nutritional deficiencies; diseases that respond to dietary modifications; the effect of drugs and drug-nutrient interactions in the elderly; nutrition services for the elderly; and elderly nutrition in the third world with respect to common elderly diseases (hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes, musculoskeletal diseases). A set of appendices includes class projects , essay questions, a listings of resource materials, and a glossary of medical terms.