Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics 3-rd Revised edition

The importance of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and the maintenance of good health is being increasingly recognised. Nutrition is an area that all health professionals need to be aware of and yet one in which few are specifically trained. However it is now becoming a valued topic in many curricula. The Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics makes this information more accessible to dieticians, doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and other healthcare professionals by providing a practical, easily accessible, concise and up-to-date evidence-based guide in a user-friendly portable handbook. It covers the entire life cycle from preconception to old age. As the general public is increasingly aware of the food they eat and the role nutrition plays in health and disease, health professionalsmust have the kind of knowledge in this book at their fingertips. Contributors xv Symbols and abbreviations xix 1 Introduction to nutrition 1 (20) 2 Dietary reference values and food-based dietary guidelines 21 (12) 3 Current dietary patterns in the UK 33 (4) 4 Nutrition assessment 37 (24) 5 Macronutrients and energy balance 61 (38) 6 Micronutrients 99 (76) 7 Electrolytes and fluid balance 175 (12) 8 Food labelling, functional foods, nutrigenetics, and nutrigenomics and food supplements 187 (18) 9 Non-nutrient components of food 205 (14) 10 Nutrition and catering in institutions 219 (12) 11 Popular diets 231 (6) 12 Diet before and during pregnancy 237 (20) 13 Infants and preschool children 257 (46) 14 School-aged children and adolescents 303 (18) 15 Older people 321 (16) 16 Nutrition in vulnerable population groups 337 (28) 17 Nutrition interventions with patients and individuals 365 (26) 18 Nutrition policy 391 (32) 19 Healthy and sustainable diets 423 (12) 20 Global nutrition 435 (34) 21 Obesity 469 (24) 22 Diabetes 493 (26) 23 Cardiovascular disease 519 (22) 24 Cancer 541 (14) 25 Nutrition support 555 (66) 26 Nutrition in gastrointestinal diseases 621 (58) 27 Pancreatic disease 679 (10) 28 Liver disease 689 (14) 29 Kidney disease 703 (32) 30 Respiratory disease and cystic fibrosis 735 (10) 31 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection 745 (8) 32 Nutrition in mental health 753 (28) 33 Nutrition in neurological conditions 781 (14) 34 Rheumatology, dermatology, and bone health 795 (16) 35 Palliative care 811 (4) 36 Inherited metabolic disorders 815 (10) 37 Food hypersensitivity 825 (8) 38 Drug--nutrient interactions and prescription of nutritional products 833 (10) Appendix 1 843 (4) Appendix 2 847 (20) Appendix 3 867 (4) Appendix 4 871 (2) Appendix 5 873 (2) Appendix 6 875 (8) Appendix 7 883 (8) Appendix 8 891 (2) Index 893