Nutrition and Diet Therapy continues to be the only self-instructional nutrition and diet therapy text available in its field. Ideal for self-paced or distance-learning courses, the text's unique modular format contains practice exercises and post-tests throughout, allowing students to master one section of the material before moving to the next. All modules have been updated to reflect the most current information available on normal and therapeutic nutrition.

"Published in cooperation with the American Dietetic Association"--Page 4 of cover.

Introduction to nutrition -- Food habits -- Proteins and health -- Carbohydrates and fats: implications for health -- Vitamins and health -- Minerals, water, and body processes -- Meeting energy needs -- Nutritional assessment -- Nutrition and the life cycle -- Drugs and nutrition -- Dietary supplements -- Alternative medicine -- Food ecology -- Overview of therapeutic nutrition -- Diet therapy for surgical conditions -- Diet therapy for cardiovascular disorders -- Diet and disorders of ingestion, digestion, and absorption -- Diet therapy for diabetes mellitus -- Diet and disorders of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas -- Diet therapy for renal disorders -- Nutrition and diet therapy for cancer patients and patients with HIV infection -- Diet therapy for burns, immobilized patients, mental patients, and eating disorders -- Principles of feeding a sick child -- Diet therapy and cystic fibrosis -- Diet therapy and celiac disease -- Diet therapy and congenital heart disease -- Diet therapy and food allergy -- Diet therapy and phenylketonuria -- Diet therapy for constipation, diarrhea, and high-risk infants.