Briony Thomas

Nutrition in Primary Care

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As a result of recent changes in health care, nurses, GPs and health visitors find they are required to take a major role in nutrition education and dietary advice. Health promotion is now an important aspect of general practice and community care. Shorter periods of hospitalisation, increased care of the chronically ill "in the community" and the management of disorders like diabetes within general practice have meant that many more people now require specialised nutritional care. At the same time, rapid advances in nutrition have left some health professionals feeling that their dietary knowledge is inadequate. This book updates the reader on the relationships between diet and health and the use of diet in the management of disease. Topical but less familiar nutrients such as antioxidant vitamins or long chain fatty acids are explained in ways which are easy to understand. Guidance is given on the types on nutritional problems which can be successfully identified and managed in the primary care setting and those which may require specialised dietetic help.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9780632039814
• ISBN-10: 0632039817
• Artikelnr.: 21582669

Autorenporträt

Briony Thomas is the author of Nutrition in Primary Care, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 Diet and Health:
Nutrients
Dietary targets
Healthy eating
Sensible drinking
Assessing nutritional requirements
Assessing nutritional adequacy
Achieving dietary change
Nutritional support and supplementation
Food composition
Food additives and sweeteners
Food safety
Part 2 Diet and People:
Pregnancy
Infants
Toddlers and pre-school children
School-aged children
Adolescents and young adults
Elderly people
People with physical or learning disabilities
People on low incomes
Minority ethnic groups
Vegetarianism and veganism
Part 3 Diet and Disease:
Coronary heart disease
Stroke
Hypertension
Obesity
Eating disorders
Diabetes
Dental caries
Dysphagia
Gastrointestinal disorders
Pancreatitis
Cystic fibrosis
Gallstones
Hyperuricaemia and gout
Renal stones
Osteoporosis
Rickets and osteomalacia
Arthritis and rheumatism
Multiple sclerosis
Food allergy and intolerance
Cancer
HIV infection and AIDS
Appendices: Appendix 1 - sources of further information
Appendix 2 - Conversion factors
Appendix 3 - abbreviations
Appendix 4 - height, weight and BMI chart