Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease (Modern Nutrition in Health & Disease (Shils))

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Book

Authors

ISBN 10

0781741335

ISBN 13

9780781741330

Tags

Nutrition, Public Health, Pathophysiology, Sports Medicine, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, Digestive Organs, Medical Nutrition, General, Family & General Practice, Internal Medicine

Description

The Tenth Edition of this widely acclaimed book is a complete, authoritative reference on nutrition and its role in contemporary medicine, dietetics, nursing, public health, and public policy. Distinguished international experts provide in-depth information on historical landmarks in nutrition, specific dietary components, nutrition in integrated biologic systems, nutritional assessment through the life cycle, nutrition in various clinical disorders, and public health and policy issues. This 50th Anniversary edition offers coverage of nutrition's role in disease prevention, international nutrition issues, public health concerns, the role of obesity in a variety of chronic illnesses, genetics as it applies to nutrition, and areas of major scientific progress relating nutrition to disease. - from Amzon

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