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