Significantly revised and updated, Handbook of Nutrition and Food, 2nd edition retains the high level of scientific research, accessible language, and attention to detail of the original, and reflects the changes and developments of the past six years in nutrition research by adding 12 new chapters.

Features:

• Details clinical nutrition requirements and protocols for cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders and much more
• Provides comprehensive data and information in a clear and concise format for easy reference
• Updates and triples the number of web site references
• Specifies nutrition requirements of specific circumstances including exercise and vegetarian diets
• Includes a twelve page full-color insert

Section 1: Food contains an overview of food and food constituents, and outlines current nutrient analysis systems, techniques for data analysis, and food labeling.

Section 2: Nutrition Science reviews nutrition science including terminology, biochemistry, nutrient-nutrient interactions, and comparative nutrition.

Section 3: Nutrition Throughout Life contains a detailed assessment on nutritional needs throughout the lifecycle from pregnancy and infant nutrition, childhood and adolescence, to adulthood and later years. It highlights exercise and the value of vegetarian diets in health promotion and disease prevention.

Section 4: Nutrition Assessmentconsiders issues surrounding nutritional assessment, screening, and monitoring tools including questionnaires, and anthropometric-, psychological-, and energy-assessments.

In addition to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and renal diseases, Section 5: Clinical Nutrition covers cancer treatment, eating disorders, pancreatic health, eye diseases, alcohol metabolism, food allergies, the genetics of human obesity, and herbal supplements.

Contents

Section 1: Food

1. Food Constituents
2. Microbiological Safety of Foods
3. Food Labeling: Foods and Dietary Supplements
4. Computerized Nutrient Analysis Systems
5. Nutrient Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies

Section 2: Nutrition Science

6. Nutrition Terminology
7. Nutritional Biochemistry
8. Trace Mineral Deficiencies
9. Vitamin Deficiencies
10. Potential Benefi ts for the Use of Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
11. Nutrient-Nutrient Interactions
12. Comparative Nutrition

Section 3: Nutrition Throughout Life

13. Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation
14. Feeding the Premature Infant
15. Feeding the Term Infant
16. Nutrition for Healthy Children and Adolescents Aged 2 to 18 Years
17. Health-Promoting Diet for Adults
18. Nutrition in Later Years
19. Exercise and Nutrient Need
20. Vegetarian Diets in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Section 4: Nutrition Assessment

21. Dietary Guidelines, Food Guidance, and Dietary Quality
22. Dietary Guidelines Around the World: An Update
23. Nutrition Monitoring in the United States
24. Nutrition Monitoring and Research Studies: Observational Studies
25. Nutrition Screening and Monitoring Tools
26. Dietary Intake Assessment: Methods for Adults
27. Use of Food Frequency Questionnaires in Minority Populations
28. Methods and Tools for Dietary Intake Assessment in Individuals vs. Groups
29. Lessons Learned over 35 Years: Dietary Assessment Methods for School-Age Children
30. Anthropometric Assessment: Historical Perspectives
31. Anthropometric Assessment: Stature, Weight, and the Body Mass Index in Adults
32. The How and Why of Body Composition Assessment in Adults
33. Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index in Childhood
34. Frame Size, Circumferences, and Skinfolds
35. Psychological Assessment for Adults and Children
36. Energy Assessment: Physical Activity
37. Environmental Challenges and Assessment

Section 5: Clinical Nutrition

38. Medical Nutritional Evaluation
39. Protein-Energy Malnutrition
40. Assessment of Lipids and Lipoproteins
41. Clinical Nutrition Studies: Maximizing Opportunities and Managing the Challenges
42. Hyperlipidemias: Major Gene and Diet Effects
43. Effects of Diet on Cardiovascular Disease Risk
44. Nutritional Treatment of Blood Pressure: Nonpharmacologic Therapy
45. Nutritional Treatment of Blood Pressure: Major Nonpharmacologic Trials of Prevention or Treatment of Hypertension
46. Nutrition on Diabetes Mellitus
47. Renal Nutrition
48. Genetics of Human Obesity
49. Metabolic Assessment of Overweight Patients
50. Adult Obesity
51. Childhood Obesity and Exercise
52. Bariatric Surgery for Obese Patients: Important Psychological Considerations
53. Bariatric Surgery Overview
54. Nutrition-Related Genetic Diseases
55. Folate, Homocysteine, and Neurologic Diseases
56. Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder)
57. Alcohol: Metabolism and Effects on Nutrition
58. Nutrients and Age-Related Eye Disease
59. Nutrition and Oral Medicine
60. Nutrition and Hollow Organs of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
61. Nutrition and Hollow Organs of Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
62. Nutrient Metabolism and Support in Normal and Diseased Livers
63. Nutrition and the Pancreas: Physiology and Interventional Strategies
64. Macromineral Nutrition, Disorders of Skeleton and Kidney Stones
65. Anemia, B.H. Limbaugh
66. Food Allergy
67. Enteral Nutrition
68. Parenteral Nutrition
69. Nutrition in Critical Illness
70. Plant Foods and Phytochemicals in Human Health
71. Mechanisms for Cancer-Protective Effects of Bioactive Dietary Components in Fruits and Vegetables
72. Nutrition and Cancer Treatment
73. Drugs Used in Treatment or Management of Human Diseases
74. Drug-Nutrient Interactions
75. Herbal Supplements

Index

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