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9781861562166

Nutrition A Handbook for Community Nurses

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  • ISBN13:

    9781861562166

  • ISBN10:

    1861562160

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-08-08
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

This book has been written to provide community nurses with basic and topical practical information on various aspects of nutrition, to help in the provision of comprehensive dietary advice and information. It discusses healthy eating and nutrition and includes an overview of the current healthy eating guidelines, dietary reference values and basic information on macronutrients, vitamins and minerals.It explains the role of the different nutrients and describes their relationship in promoting health and it outlines the differing needs and health concerns of various groups in the population, including pregnant women, infants, school children, adolescents and elderly people. The importance of nutrition in disease prevention is examined with a look at practical dietary advice for prevention and treatment of diet-related diseases.

Author Biography

Judy Butriss and Amanda Wynne are the authors of Nutrition: A Handbook for Community Nurses, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Series Preface vii
Introduction 1(1)
Background
1(1)
Current health targets---Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation
2(1)
Nutritional issues highlighted in Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation
3(4)
Contents
7(2)
A healthy diet
9(26)
Dietary reference values
10(12)
The components of a healthy diet
22(6)
Food processing
28(2)
Nutrition labelling
30(3)
Functional foods
33(2)
Nutrients and health
35(16)
Fibre
35(1)
Sugar
36(1)
Fat
36(4)
Other nutrients and phytochemicals
40(11)
Nutrition through life
51(76)
Nutrition and preconception
51(2)
Nutrition and pregnancy
53(8)
Nutrition and breast-feeding
61(6)
Weaning
67(10)
Nutrition and preschool children
77(3)
Nutrition and primary schoolchildren
80(7)
Nutrition and teenagers
87(10)
Nutrition and women of child-bearing age
97(5)
Nutrition and men
102(5)
Nutrition and the menopause
107(2)
Ethnic minority groups
109(3)
Low-income groups: eating healthily on a tight budget
112(6)
Nutrition and older people
118(9)
Nutrition and the prevention/treatment of diseases
127(37)
Coronary heart disease (CHD)
128(3)
Cancer
131(1)
Obesity
132(6)
Diabetes
138(2)
Osteoporosis
140(1)
Arthritis
141(1)
Colds and flu
142(1)
Vegetarianism
142(3)
Allergy and intolerance
145(13)
Special diets from the perspective of the community nurse
158(6)
Issues in the media
164(22)
Dieting and weight loss
165(3)
Women's issues
168(3)
Functional foods
171(4)
Protective substances in food and their impact on health
175(4)
Food safety
179(7)
Assessing the quality of nutritional information
186(8)
Assessing the validity of new research
186(6)
Who to approach for detailed professional nutritional advice
192(2)
References 194(6)
Useful addresses 200(3)
Index 203

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