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Principles of Nutritional Assessment / Edition 2

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ISBN-10:: 0195171691
ISBN-13:: 9780195171693
Pub. Date:: 03/31/2005
Publisher:: Oxford University Press

ISBN-10:: 0195171691
ISBN-13:: 9780195171693
Pub. Date:: 03/31/2005
Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Principles of Nutritional Assessment / Edition 2

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This is a comprehensive text on the methods - dietary, anthropometric, laboratory and clinical - of assessing the nutritional status of populations and of individuals in the hospital or the community. This Second Edition incorporates recent data from national nutritional surveys in the US and Europe; the flood of new information about iron, vitamin A and iodine; the role of folate in preventing neural tube defects; the use of HPLC techniques and enzyme assays; improvements in data handling; and many other developments.
A paperback edition of this book is available to readers living outside of North America and Europe. Interested parties should contact the author at: rsgibson@nutrition.earthlight.co.nz http://nutrition.earthlight.co.nz

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ISBN-13:	9780195171693
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/31/2005
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	928
Product dimensions:	7.06(w) x 10.18(h) x 1.60(d)

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University of Guelph, Ontario

1. Introduction2. Food Consumption at the National and Household Level3. Measuring Food Consumption of Individuals4. Assessment of Nutrient Intakes From Food Consumption Data5. Measurement Errors in Dietary Assessment6. Reproductivity in Dietary Assessment7. Validity in Dietary Assessment Methods8. Evaluation of Nutrient Intakes and Diets9. Anthropometric Assessment10. Anthropometric Assessment of Body Size11. Anthropometric Assessment of Body Composition12. Anthropometric Reference Data13. Evaluation of Anthropometric Indices14. Laboratory Assessment of Body Composition15. Laboratory Assessment16. Assessment of Protein Status17. Assessment of Iron Status18. Assessment of the Status of Vitamins A, D, and E19. Assessment of Vitamin C status20. Assessment of the Status of Thiamin, Riboflavin, and Niacin21. Assessment of Vitamin B-6 Status22. Assessment of Folate and Vitamin B-12 Status23. Assessment of Calcium, Phosphorus, and Magnesium Status24. Assessment of Chromium, Copper, and Zinc Status25. Assessment of Iodine and Selenium Status26. Clinical Assessment27. Nutritional Assessment of Hospital Patients

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Reviewer: Denise M. Ney, PhD, RD (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Description: This second edition provides updated and expanded information on nutritional assessment, including an enhanced international perspective. This edition is approximately 20 percent longer and includes a two-column format compared to the first edition published in 1990.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide an up-to-date, authoritative reference source and working textbook for the four major nutritional assessment methods — dietary, anthropometric, laboratory, and clinical. Nutritional assessment is a major field within the discipline of nutritional sciences and thus, this book provides important and needed information. The book clearly meets the author's objectives.
Audience: The book is suitable as a reference for researchers and practitioners, such as dietitians or physicians, and as a textbook for graduate students or advanced undergraduate students. I would not consider it a suitable introductory text for undergraduates. The author is a credible authority in the field of nutritional assessment.
Features: After an introductory chapter that provides an overview of the process of nutritional assessment, the remaining 26 chapters cover the four major aspects of nutritional assessment as follows: dietary assessment, 7 chapters; anthropometric assessment, 6 chapters; laboratory assessment organized according to specific nutrients, 11 chapters; and clinical assessment, 2 chapters. Assessment of both groups and individuals are covered for each of the four areas. Strengths of the book's approach include a balanced international perspective, clear figures and diagrams, and an easy-to-read style. The book is very well written. One weakness is that, even though the book has a 2005 copyright date, it includes the 2000 version of the United States Dietary Guidelines instead of the 2005 version released early in 2005, page 222. This is a shortcoming for the U.S. market.
Assessment: This second edition provides a needed update, given the significant increase in knowledge related to nutritional assessment as well as heightened research interest in the association between nutritional status and health. This is probably the best comprehensive reference in the field because it discusses the scientific principles of nutritional assessment as well as the application of nutritional assessment in both research and clinical practice settings.

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"...an excellent piece of work. The book provides new insights and current understanding in the area of nutritional assessment. This is a must read for all students and practicing nutritionists." —African Journal of Food, Nutrition, Agriculture, and Development
"The first edition in 1990 of Rosalind Gibson's book in this field has become a Nutrition classic. All nutrition scientists, and those who depend on their work, from health care workers, to food regulators, policy makers and educators, can be relieved and pleased that there is now a new edition of this work, which turns out to be remarkably contemporary and relevant...This work is not only encyclopaedic on methodology and, therefore, an essential reference for nutrition practitioners, but provides much reconceptualism of our food and nutrition thinking."—Prof. Mark L. Wahlqvist, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
"This second edition provides a needed update, given the significant increase in knowledge related to nutritional assessment as well as heightened research interest in the association between nutritional status and health. This is probably the best comprehensive reference in the field because it discusses the scientific principles of nutritional assessment as well as the application of nutritional assessment in both research and clinical practice settings."—Denise M. Ney, PhD, RD, Doody's
"This valuable text and guide to nutritional assessment of individuals and populations is a welcome rarity, a comprehensive and authoritative book written by a single author."—Food and Nutrition Bulletin
"...a timely, valuable and useful addition to the armamentarium of dietitians/nutritionists and other health professionals involved in nutrition."—South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
"I would recommend this book to all health care professionals involved in nutritional assessment in acute and community settings."—British Dietetic Association
"I was delighted to find that the newly published, larger and bright orange(!) second edition remains equally encyclopaedic in its breadth and is wonderfully up to date...There is no question that this excellent update of Gibson's Principles of Nutritional Assessment will remain the essential reference book for nutrition students and researchers alike for many years to come."—British Journal of Nutrition

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