Manual of nutritional therapeutics/

Manual of nutritional therapeutics/ David H. Alpers ... [et al.]. - 5th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, 2008. - x, 642 p. : ill. 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approach to nutrient deficiency -- Recommendations for healthy young adults -- Recommendations for healthy elderly adults -- Pregnancy and lactation -- Protein and calories: requirements, intake, and assessment -- Vitamins -- Minerals -- Alternative nutritional therapy -- Nutritional support decision making -- Enteral nutritional therapy -- Parenteral nutritional therapy -- Use of diets and dietary components in clinical practice -- Dietary management of diabetes, renal disease, and hyperlipidemia -- Obesity -- Nutritional considerations in wasting diseases (e.g., cancer, AIDS).

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Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics
Nutrition

QU145 / M15

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