Nutrition and Diet Therapy Dictionary / Edition 1

by Virginia Serraon Claudio, Rosalinda T. Lagua

Overview

This guide provides information on terms used in basic and clinical nutrition and diet therapy, including charts of RDAs and dietary guidelines. Nearly 4000 terms are covered, ranging across all topics in nutrition, including sports nutrition. There are entries on various diets, past and present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780442004651
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	10/01/1991
Edition description:	1991
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

Revised edition of Nutrition and diet therapy, 2d ed. (1974). Some 3,500 entries encompass basic nutrition, diet in disease, sports nutrition, genetics and nutrition, and nutrition through the life cycle. Includes a collection of entries on many different diets (listed under D), and a section of concise treatments of nutritional principles in various physiological and pathological conditions (listed under N). Forty-eight appendices present such information as the latest RDA guidelines, nutritional assessment data, food values of common nutrients, normal constituents of blood and urine, and other data. No pronunciation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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