Nutrition And Diet Therapy, 8e + Nutrition And Diet Therapy Webtutor on Web Ct Standalone (Passcode for Web Access)

This text provides a comprehensive introduction to nutrition and diet therapy for health care workers. The text stresses the importance of good nutrition at all stages of life and includes information on the special needs of pregnant and lactating women, AIDS patients, and those requiting weight control. In addition, the text includes a section on diet therapy for medical and surgical patients. Questions throughout the text are written in NCLEX format to familiarize students with this important test.

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Carolyn E. Townsend, B.A., taught home economics and nutrition for many years in Minnesota. She has also taught at Washington Irving High School and Mabel Dean Bacon High School in New York City.

Ruth A. Roth, M.S., R.D., is a Clinical Dietician at Parkview Hospital, in Fort Wayne Indiana. She is also an Associate Professor at Indiana/Purdue University at Fort Wayne.