Nutrition and Diet Therapy

-- Integrates nutrition science with practical clinical applications, stresses health promotion and maintenance, and discusses the treatment of nutrition-related diseases-- Provides general introduction to new nutrient standards including Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), Dietary Reference Intake (DRI), tolerable Upper Limit (UL), Adequate Intake (AI), and Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)-- Includes newly published DRIs-- More information on "functional foods" and on the use of herbs for disease prevention and treatment-- Uses pyramid theme throughout and includes discussion on the activity pyramid, food pyramids for every stage of the life cycle, and ethnic food pyramids-- Expanded information on arthritis, osteoporosis and Omega-3 fatty acids in the mature adult chapter-- Contains expanded cultural applications throughout the text-- Numerous sample diets and assessment tools-- Each chapter contains a case study organized by nursing process, chapter outline, learning objectives, glossary terms, chapter review questions, clinical analysis questions, clinical calculations, and chapter summaries-- Internet sites and links provided for most chapters