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).