Quick reference to clinical nutrition : a guide for physicians / edited by Seymour L. Halpern ; with 50 contributors. - 2nd edition. - Philadelphia : Lippincott, c1987. - xviii, 479 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents;

1. Evaluation of nutritional status
2. Nutritional advice to the healthy patient
3. Nutrition in pregnancy
4. Nutrition in the infant and young child
5. Nutrition in the adolescent
6. Geriatric nutrition
7. Principles of therapeutic nutrition
8. Rational use of vitamins in practice
9. Nutrition and cardiovascular disease
10. Treatment of hyperlipidema (Hyperlipoproteinemia) to prevent development and progression of atherosclerosis
11. Surgical nutrition
12. Nutrition and upper gastrointestinal disorders
13. Nutrition and disorders of the colon
14. Nutrition and the anemias
15. Diet therapy in renal failure
16. Current concepts in the diet therapy of diabetes mellitus
17. Treatment of obesity
18. Nutrition in cancer
19. Minerals in medical practice
20. Enteral and parenteral nutrition
etc.




Includes bibliographies and index.

0397506759 (pbk.)

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Diet therapy.
Nutrition.
Diet Therapy--handbooks.
Nutrition--handbooks.

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