Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy: First South Asia Edition - E-Book

For concise, need-to-know coverage of the most up-to-date topics and research in nutritional care turn to Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy. This market leading text provides coverage of hot topics, emerging trends, and cutting-edge research, plus all the essentials for providing the best nutrition care. And with its conversational writing style, vivid illustrations, and wide array of reader-friendly features you can easily understand how the concepts in the book can be applied in clinical practice. - Case studies with accompanying questions for analysis in the clinical care chapters focus your attention on related patient care problems. - Cultural Considerations boxes discuss how a patient's culture can affect nutritional concepts in practice. - Clinical Applications and For Further Focus boxes highlight timely topics and analyze concepts and trends in depth. - Bulleted chapter summaries review highlights from the chapter and help you see how the chapter contributes to the book's 'big picture.'- Diet therapy guidelines include recommendations, restrictions, and sample diets for major clinical conditions. - Drug-Nutrient Interactions boxes highlight important safety information and cover topics such as nutritional supplements for athletics, drugs interfering with vitamin absorption, and over-the-counter weight loss aids. - Key terms and definitions clarify terminology and concepts critical to your understanding and application of the material.