Includes metabolic maps for tracing nutrients from ingestion to incorporation and elimination; also additives, natural toxins, and food processings in relationship to health and disease.

Listing of current nutritional terms and definitions intended for the nonscientist. Definitions are explanatory and vary in length. Cross references.

Completely up-to-date, this newly revised Fourth Edition provides the most comprehensive nutrition and diet therapy dictionary available for health care professionals. This wide-ranging, authoritative volume covers all aspects of nutrition, including assessment, drug nutrient interactions, laboratory interpretations, enteral and parenteral nutrition support, community and public health nutrition programs, and nutrition throughout the life cycle. It contains expanded coverage of important, current topics, such as chemical dependency, AIDS, nutrition in preventive health care, nutrition labelling, and organ transplantation. Special features of the dictionary include entries on 130 different diets; nutrition therapy for more than 350 disorders, including inborn errors of metabolism; 145 drugs and their effects on nutrition; and more than 150 nutritional products with their main uses and composition. Topics that are crucial to public health for the remainder of the 1990's into the next millennium are covered. Preventative diets for obesity and major degenerative diseases, such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cancer are also included.

Stay up to date on fast-changing areas of health care with the 75th anniversary edition of this trusted medical dictionary. Expanded coverage familiarizes you with the most current medical terminology in evolving areas such as genetics, complementary therapies, and sports rehabilitation, while detailed illustrations help clarify definitions and ensure confident understanding. - Reliable, easy-to-read definitions for more than 12,000 terms. - A full-color section that illustrates the body systems in vivid detail. - An extensive array of appendices that provide quick access to important information. - A concise, compact format that ensures portability and ease-of-use. Online resources with:• Spellchecker for uploading to your computer• Full image bank of all the illustrations in the dictionary• Colour illustrations of the major body systems, both labelled and unlabelled, for self-testing• 30 additional colour photographs to help identify selected conditions• Basic Life Support (BLS) Algorithms from the current Resuscitation Guidelines• Normal values table of references ranges for hormones in venous blood • Extensive list of web links to useful organisations

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