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Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition: A Nursing Approach emphasizes the role of nutrition in health promotion, primary prevention, and clinical disease states, with an in-depth analysis of the USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 and MyPyramid Food Guidance System. The dynamic author team utilizes a conversational writing style and a variety of learning features to apply information to the clinical setting.

• The Nursing Approach case studies in each chapter reinforce the nursing process as it relates to the content area.
• Applying Content Knowledge and Critical Thinking/Clinical Applications case studies reinforce and apply nutrition principles to real-world situations.
• Cultural Considerations boxes discuss various eating patterns related to ethnicity and religion to provide a global approach to nutrition.
• Health Debate and Social Issue boxes introduce timely topics and help separate popular media claims from academic research.
• Teaching Tool boxes provide tips and guidance to apply when educating patients.
• An emphasis on health promotion and primary prevention stresses the adoption of a healthy diet and lifestyle to enhance quality of life.

• MyPyramid boxes in the nutrient chapters spotlight key information from the individualized federal food pyramid.
• Significant changes prompted by the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 and MyPyramid Food Guidance System are addressed.
• Foundations content includes the latest regarding food labeling, obesity and childhood obesity, diabetes, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), dietary supplements, trend diets, and gastric bypass surgery.
• Personal Perspective boxes share the ways nutrition affects daily life for people in various life stages and professions to build student empathy and understanding.
• Nutritrac Version IV nutrition analysis and weight management CD-ROM features a database of more than 3,700 foods organized into 18 categories, as well as 175 activities, to plan diet and exercise regimens.

PART I: WELLNESS, NUTRITION, AND THE NURSING ROLE

1. Wellness Nutrition

2. Personal and Community Nutrition

PART II: NUTRIENTS, FOOD, AND HEALTH

3. Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism

4. Carbohydrates

5. Fats

6. Proteins

7. Vitamins

8. Water and Minerals

PART III: HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGH NUTRITION AND NURSING PRACTICE

9. Energy Supply and Fitness

10. Management of Body Composition

11. Life Span Health Promotion: Pregnancy, Lactation, and Infancy

12. Life Span Health Promotion: Childhood and Adolescence

13. Life Span Health Promotion: Adulthood

PART IV: OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL NUTRITION

14. Nutrition in Patient Care

15. Nutrition and Metabolic Stress

16. Interactions: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Dietary Supplements, and Medications

17. Nutrition for Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract

18. Nutrition for Disorders of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas

19. Nutrition for Diabetes Mellitus

20. Nutrition for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases

21. Nutrition for Diseases of the Kidneys

22. Nutrition in Cancer, AIDS, and Other Special Problems

APPENDIXES

GLOSSARY

INDEX