Good nutrition is essential for health and the treatment of disease. This new handbook aims to provide students, doctors and healthcare professionals with essential information to apply medical nutrition theory in their everyday practice. Essentials of Nutrition in Medicine and Healthcare: A Practical Guide takes a systems-based approach to medical nutrition. It includes the pathophysiology of nutrition-related disease as well as the clinical application of nutrition theory in disease management and the role of nutrition in public health. It covers the basics of physiology and biochemistry, including relevant drug-nutrient interactions. This will be an invaluable asset for all those not already trained in clinical and public health nutrition who wish to understand more about nutrition and its role in the management and prevention of disease. Practical and easy to understand Provides a sound explanation of underlying principles Summarises clinically important nutritional approaches to disease management Covers cutting edge topics in public health Summary boxes of relevant drug-nutrient interactions Case studies and self-test questions to encourage learning Aligns with Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

SECTION A Introduction to Nutrition and Health1 Basic Principles of Nutrition2 Basic Principles of Screening and Assessment3 Basic Principles of Nutritional Care Pathways4 Basic Principles of Acute and Chronic Nutrition SupportSECTION B Nutrition in Health Care Practice with Case Studies5 Nutrition in Respiratory Medicine6 Nutrition in Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Medicine7 Nutrition in Endocrine (Obesity/Diabetes) and Reproductive Medicine8 Nutrition in Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Medicine9 Nutrition in Hypertension and Kidney Medicineh10 Nutrition in Musculoskeletal and Disability Medicine11 Nutrition in Haematology and Oncology12 Nutrition in Immunology, Infection and AllergySECTION C Nutrition and Population Health13 Nutrition and Mental Health14 Nutrition in Public Health, Policy, Prevention and ImplementationSECTION D Appendix of Nutrition ToolkitsAppendix 1 Nutrition and Clinical Science: Toolkit for Further ReadingAppendix 2 Weight Stigma - A Practical Guide for CliniciansAppendix 3 Nutrition and COVID-19: Toolkit of Emerging EvidenceIndex