Nutrition and Medical Practice

1981
ISBN: 978-94-011-6697-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 409 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 616 g

All forms of life require food materials in certain minimum amounts to insure an active life and successful reproduction. Nutrition is concerned with what these materials are, how they function, what effects they have when absent and what happens to them when ingested. During the past two centuries such nutritional disorders as scurvy, beriberi, rickets and pellagra have been discovered, successfully treated and eradicated by physicians in developed countries. In this century, such noted researchers as Rose, Meyerhof and Krebs have contributed enormously to the field of nutrition. Currently, research is evolving new concepts and facts so rapidly that the average practitioner can hardly keep current, even in his own field of medicine. Bona fide research by universities and governmental agen­ cies has produced voluminous information, much of which seems contra­ dictory and therefore tends to confuse the general public, particularly in the area of potential carcinogens. This confusion has prompted consumer groups, politicians, and social welfarists to bring pressures and demands on medical schools and prac­ titioners of medicine to increase their knowledge and concern in the field of nutrition. Taking advantage of and adding to this confusion are the health food faddists and cultists, some only for monetary gain and others with a real religious zeal.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barness, Lewis A.

Christakis, George

Coble, Yank D.

Macdonald, Donald Ian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. How to Make a Nutritional Diagnosis — A. Adult Nutritional Diagnosis.- 3. How to Make a Nutritional Diagnosis — B. Pediatric Nutritional Diagnosis. Anthony.- 4. Revolution in Obstetrics: Pregnancy Nutrition.- 5. Nutritional Concepts in the Treatment of Cancer.- 6. Home Management of Nutrition for Patients Receiving Cancer Therapy.- 7. Nutritional Assessment — A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment of the Hypermetabolic Patient Mitchell.- 8. Dietary Management of Gastrointestinal Disorders.- 9. Total Parenteral Nutrition.- 10. Nutrition and Oral Health.- 11. Nutrition and Childhood Diabetes.- 12. Nutrition: Joint Responsibility of Agriculture and Medicine.- 13. Meeting Recommended Dietary Allowances.- 14. Drug-Diet Interactions.- 15. Dietetic Support of Medical Practice.- 16. Nutritional Care of the Patient in Office Practice.- 17. Pediatric Nutritional Determinants of Chronic Diseases.- 18. Feeding Children.- 19. The School Lunch Program — Its Past, Its Problems, Its Promise.- 20. The WIC Program — Tying Supplemental Foods to Nutritional Needs.- 21. Public Health and the Practicing Physician — Partners in Community Nutrition.- 22. Alcohol, Malnutrition and Liver Disease.- 23. Hyperactivity and the Food Additive Free Diet.- 24. Food Additives.- 25. Miami Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT): An Experiment in Coronary Heart Disease Prevention in High Risk Men Age 35–57.- 26. The Role of Nutrition in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus.- 27. Nutritional Anemias.- 28. Nutrition in Renal Failure.- 29. Nutrition and Food Selection.- 30. Nutritional Aspects of Obesity.- 31. Facts and Fictions About Megavitamin Therapy.- 32. Nutrition References For You and Your Patient.- 33. Nutrition Quiz by the Committee on Nutrition.- Appendix A:Nutrition and Physical Fitness — A Statement by the American Dietetic Association.- Appendix B.- B.1. Nutritive Values of the Edible Part of Foods.- B.2. Anthropometric Charts for Infant Boys, Infant Girls, Boys and Girls.- B.3. Head Circumference Graphs for Males and Females from Birth through 18 Years.- B.4. Percentile Distribution of Birthweight for Gestational Age.- B.5. National Academy of Science/National Research Council Tables of Ideal Body Weight for Height.