Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 14th Edition

Staci Nix, MS, RD, CD

Part of the popular LPN Threads Series, Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy is the market leader for a reason: you get coverage of hot topics, emerging trends, and cutting edge research, plus all the essentials for providing the best nutrition care. Written in a clear, conversational style, the book begins with the fundamental concepts of nutrition and then applies those concepts to diverse demographic groups in different stages of life. You also learn how selected disease processes work, and how to help communities and individuals achieve health and healthy living. A free CD contains Nutritrac, a computer program that helps you analyze case studies and create customized client profiles.

Key Features

• UNIQUE! Content threads



• share features with other LPN/LVN titles from Elsevier for a consistent learning experience.



• Case studies in clinical care chapters



• focus on related patient care problems.



• Critical thinking questions



• challenge you to analyze, apply, and combine concepts.



• Cultural Considerations



• boxes



• discuss how a patient's culture can affect nutritional concepts in practice.



• Clinical Applications



• and For Further Focus boxes



• highlight hot topics and analyze concepts and trends in depth.



• Chapter Challenges



• use true/false, multiple-choice, and matching questions to test your understanding of chapter content.



• Key concepts, key terms, and chapter summaries



• help you study more effectively and master essential content.



• Diet therapy guidelines



• include recommendations, restrictions, and sample diets for a number of major clinical conditions.



• Further Readings and Resources



• in each chapter provide focused and up-to-date print, multimedia, and online resources to supplement learning.



• Useful appendixes



• include information on cholesterol content, fiber content, cultural and religious dietary patterns, and more.

560 Pages.