Nutrition throughout the life cycle

Author(s)

• Worthington-Roberts, Bonnie S.
• Williams, Sue Rodwell
• Schlenker, Eleanor D.
• Pipes, Peggy L.
• Trahms, Cristine M.

Bibliographic Information

Nutrition throughout the life cycle

edited by Bonnie S.Worthington-Roberts, Sue Rodwell Williams ; coauthors, Eleanor D. Schlenker,Peggy Pipes, Cristine M. Trahms

Mosby, c1996

3rd ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text is designed to cover the major special nutrition issues present at different periods of the life cycle. Emphasis is on physical fitness in each life cycle stage by including content on fitness-related topics. Issues such as the Food Guide Pyramid, vegetarian diets, the problem of teenage pregnancy and preconception care for women planning pregnancies are addressed. Attention is also given to addiction behaviours that harm health in each life cycle stage.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to the life cycle - the role of nutrition
• nutrition and assessment basics
• nutrition and the adult - planning for a healthy lifestyle
• maternal nutrition - the course and outcome of pregnancy
• lactation and human milk
• nutrition during infancy
• nutrition in childhood
• nutrition in adolescence
• nutrition for ageing and the aged.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA28635953
• ISBN:
  • 0815194277
• LCCN: 95040278
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: St. Louis
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 507 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TX354
  • NLM : QU 145 N97606 1995
  • DC20 : 613.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Nutrition
  • MESH : Nutrition