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Gilbert PhD Rdn, Joyce Ann; Schlenker PhD Rdn, Eleanor

ISBN 10 : 0323935982 ISBN 13 : 9780323935982

Editeur : Elsevier, 2023

Synopsis

• Strong community focus includes robust coverage of health promotion, cultural competence, patient safety, lifespan, and public health issues.
• Person-centered approach helps you develop practical solutions to individual problems, based on the authors' personal research and clinical experience.
• MyPlate for Older Adults is included, as developed by nutrition scientists at Tufts University and the AARP Foundation, along with the Nestlé Mini Nutritional Assessment Scale.
• Health Promotion sections help you with nutrition education, stressing healthy lifestyle choices and prevention as the best medicine.
• Case studies provide opportunities for problem solving, allowing you to apply concepts to practical situations in nutrition care.
• Evidence-Based Practice boxes emphasize critical thinking and summarize current research findings.
• Focus on Culture boxes highlight cultural competence and the nutritional deficiencies, health problems, and appropriate interventions relating to different cultural, ethnic, racial, and age groups.
• Focus on Food Safety boxes alert you to food safety issues related to a particular nutrient, population group, or medical condition.
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine boxes offer uses, contraindications, and advantages/disadvantages of common types of herbs and supplements, and potential interactions with prescription or over-the-counter medications.
• Chapter summaries and review questions reinforce your understanding of key concepts and their application.
• Key terms are identified in the text and defined on the page to help reinforce critical concepts.

• NEW! Next Generation NCLEX^(R) (NGN)-style case studies apply concepts to realistic scenarios.
• NEW! Dietary Guidelines have been updated to the 2020-2025 edition with new illustrations.
• NEW! Coverage of the Healthy People initiative is updated to the 2030 national objectives.
• NEW! Revised guidelines for potassium and sodium fit the new recommendations for adequate intake of potassium and for sodium chronic disease risk reduction intake.
• NEW! Content on obesity is incorporated into the Energy Balance chapter.
• NEW! Updated content on nutrients is added.
• NEW! Updated references include many new and current works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Elsevier
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0323935982
• ISBN 13: 9780323935982
• Reliure: Code d'accès imprimé
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italie