Robinson's Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Robinson's Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy
ISBN-10
0135770165
ISBN-13
9780135770160
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction / Cooking & Food
Pages
553
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Merrill
Authors
Corinne Hogden Robinson, Emma Seifrit Weigley, Donna H. Mueller

Description

Basic nutrition and food choices, assessment, counseling, energy metabolism, weight management. Also includes nutrition for various age groups, infants, children, teenagers, young, middle-aged and older adults, and during pregnancy. Additional chapters on nutrition while suffering from diseases as immunity, allergic reaction, stress, infection, fever, lung, burns, surgery, cardiovascular, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, diabetic, cancer, HIV & AIDS.

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