Caudal, Maria Lourdes C.

Basic nutrition and diet therapy textbook for nursing students / Maria Lourdes C. Caudal - Revised Edition. - Quezon City, Philippines : C & E Publishing Inc., c2008 - v, 309 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Chapter 1 Physiologic value of food -- Chapter 2 Macronutrients -- Chapter 3 Micronutrients -- Chapter 4 Water and electrolyte balance -- Chapter 5 Nutritional assessment -- Chapter 6 Malnutrition -- Chapter 7 Pregnancy and lactation -- Chapter 8 Infancy -- Chapter 9 Childhood -- Chapter 10 Adolescence -- Chapter 11 Adulthood -- Chapter 12 Introduction to therapeutic nutrition -- Chapter 13 Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Chapter 14 Therapeutic diets.

This module is designed specifically for the use of nursing students. It encompasses all the fundamentals of basic nutrition and diet therapy, from the study of the nutrients, nutritional needs of different age groups, and nutrition in patient care.

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RM 216 .C38 2008