Clinical nutrition in gastrointestinal disease

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Buchman Alan
Published: SLACK,
Publisher Address: Thorofare, NJ
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xviii, 674 p.: ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 1556426976 (alk. paper)
9781556426971 (alk. paper)
Index Number: R459
CLC: R459.3
R570.5
Call Number: R570.5/C641-1
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
The practical nutritional assessment -- Body composition analysis -- Micronutrient deficiencies -- Clinical consequences of undernutrition -- The malabsorption syndrome -- The Dietary reference intakes: what are they and what do they mean? -- Dietary treatment of gastrointestinal diseases -- Macronutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism -- Food allergies -- Dietary supplements: herbs and vitamins -- Prebiotics, probiotics, and dietary fiber -- Food and water safety: potential for bioterrorist attack -- Metabolic bone disease in gastrointestinal illness -- Nutrition in the elderly -- Nu