Clinical Nutrition

In this second edition of final text in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Clinical Nutrition has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student. Groundbraking in their scope and approach, the titles in the series: Provide students with the required scientific basics of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition, to apply these throughout their training, and to foster critical thinking at all times. Throughout, key areas of knowledge are identified Are fully peer reviewed, to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspective Clinical Nutrition is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food science, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find much of great value within its covers. CONTENTS 1. Principles of Clinical Nutrition: Contracting the practice of nutrition in health and disease. 2. Nutritional Assessment. 3. Overnutition. 4. Undernutrition. 5. Metabolic Disorders. 6. Eating Disorders. Section I: Anorexia nervosa. Section II: Bulimia nervosa. Section III: Binge eating disorders. 7. Adverse Reactions to Foods. 8. Nutritional Support. 9. Ethics and Nutrition. 10. The Gastrointestinal Tract. 11. Nutrition in Liver Disease. 12. Nutrition and the Pancreas. 13. The Kidney. 14. Nutritional and Metabolic Support in Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. 15. The Lung. 16. Nutrition and Immune Inflammatory Systems. 17. The Heart and Blood Vessels. 18. Nutritional Aspects of Disease Affecting the Skeleton. 19. Nutrition in Surgery and Trauma. 20. Infectious Diseases. 21. Nutritional Support in Patients with Cancer. Section I: Wasting syndrome in cancer. Section II: Nutritional support in cancer. 22. Pediatric Nutrition. 23. Cystic Fibrosis. 24. Water and Electrolytes. 25. Illustrative Cases