Nutrition Through the Life Cycle
About this book
Packed with insight from leading experts, Brown's Nutrition Through the Life Cycle, Seventh Edition, shows how nutrition impacts healthy people as they grow, develop and function through life stages. Extremely reader friendly, the text features a vibrant full-color design and is packed with illustrations that make abstract ideas easy to visualize. Using a unique "layered approach," it progresses from preconception to the end stages of the life cycle, alternating chapters between normal and clinical nutrition to give you the complete picture. It reflects the latest research and dietary guidelines in its comprehensive coverage of nutritional needs, nutrition and health disease outcomes, model programs, healthful diets, nutrients, gene variants, nutrient-gene interactions and more. Case studies give you further insight into clinical applications and care standards in real-world practice.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Nutrition Basics
- Chapter 2: Preconception Nutrition
- Chapter 3: Preconception Nutrition: Conditions and Interventions
- Chapter 4: Nutrition during Pregnancy
- Chapter 5: Nutrition during Pregnancy: Conditions and Interventions
- Chapter 6: Nutrition during Lactation
- Chapter 7: Nutrition during Lactation: Conditions and Interventions
- Chapter 8: Infant Nutrition
- Chapter 9: Infant Nutrition: Conditions and Interventions
- Chapter 10: Toddler and Preschooler Nutrition
- Chapter 11: Toddler and Preschooler Nutrition: Conditions and Interventions
- Chapter 12: Child and Preadolescent Nutrition
- Chapter 13: Child and Preadolescent Nutrition: Conditions and Interventions
- Chapter 14: Adolescent Nutrition
- Chapter 15: Adolescent Nutrition: Conditions and Interventions
- Chapter 16: Adult Nutrition
- Chapter 17: Adult Nutrition: Conditions and Interventions
- Chapter 18: Nutrition and Older Adults
- Chapter 19: Nutrition and Older Adults: Conditions and Interventions
- Answers to Review Questions
- Appendix A: Measurement Abbreviations and Equivalents
- Appendix B: Body Mass Index (BMI)
- References
- Glossary
- Index
