Nutrition Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series)

by Springhouse (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.30

  Part of the popular Incredibly Easy! Series[trademark] , this easy-to-read and comprehensive book covers nutritional fundamentals in chapters ranging from recommended allowances of essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals to the processes that transform food into energy. It includes detailed instructions on how to assess a patient's nutritional status, as well as information on metabolism, congenital metabolic disorders, and primary and secondary nutritional disorders. It also features special assessment techniques and interventions for pediatric and geriatric patients.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.30

  Using the award-winningIncredibly Easy!style,Nutrition Made Incredibly Easy! Second Editionpresents essential information on nutrition in a light-hearted and appetizing way. Coverage includes the physiologic processes that transform food into energy, nutrient metabolism and recommended allowances, assessment of nutritional status, and the needs of special patient populations.
  
  This edition incorporates theDietary Guidelines for Americans 2005,presents up-to-date information on diabetes, and includes new appendices on fad diets and commonly used herbs and supplements. Logos includeLifespan Lunchbox(age-related considerations);Bridging the Gap(cultural considerations),Menu Maven(sample menus), andNutriTips(nutritional pointers).