Geissler, Catherine. Powers, Hilary J. text Edinburgh New York Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone 2005 11th ed. / monographic xii, 743 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) Food and nutrient patterns -- Food and nutrient structure -- The Physiology of nutrient digestion and absorption -- Body size and composition -- Energy balance and body weight regulation -- Carbohydrate metabolism -- Fat metabolism -- Protein metabolism and requirements -- Alcohol metabolism: implications for nutrition and health -- Water-soluble vitamins -- Fat-soluble vitamins -- Minerals and trace elements -- Inter-micronutrient topics -- Infancy, childhood and adolescence -- Prepregnancy, pregnancy and lactation -- Ageing and older people -- Vegetarian diets -- Dietary considerations for sport and exercise -- Cardiovascular disease -- Obesity -- Diabetes mellitus -- Cancers -- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract -- Nutrition and the skeleton -- Dental disease -- Immune function, food allergies and food intolerance -- Eating disorders -- Deficiency diseases -- Diet and genotype interactions-nutritional genomics -- The Science of epidemiology -- Nutritional assessment methods -- Food supply, factors affecting production, trade and access -- Food nutrition policies and interventions. edited by Catherine A. Geissler, Hillary J. Powers Includes bibliographical references and index. Nutrition Internal medicine. Practice of medicine Diet Therapy Internal medicine. Practice of medicine Nutrition Disorders Nutrition Diet therapy Nutrition disorders RC620.D38 .H85 2005 613.2 Garrow, J. S. 0443073562 (pbk.) 2006277408 UOEL 000 20141007150731.0 14449155