Nutrition Guide for Physicians and Related Healthcare Professions

Ted Wilson, PhD Department of BiologyWinona State UniversityWinona, MNUSANorman J. Temple, PhDAthabasca University Centre for ScienceAthabasca, AlbertaCanadaGeorge A. Bray, MD, M.A.C.P., M.A.C.E.  Pennington Biomedical Research CenterLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LAUSA

• Part I: Introduction.- Why Nutrition Matters in Clinical Practice.- Part II: Nutrition Consideration Across the Lifespan.- Pregnancy: Preparation for the Next Generation.- Infants: Transition from Breast to Bottle to Solids.- Young Children: Preparing for the Future.- Nutrition in Adolescence.- Nutritional Challenges of Girls and Woman.- Healthy Aging: Nutrition Concepts for Older Adults.- Dietary Considerations for Postmenopausal Women.- Dietary Influence on Cognitive Function in the Elderly.- Part III: Nutrition for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases.- Inherited Metabolic Disorders and Nutritional Genomics: Choosing the Wrong Parents.- Obesity: Understanding and Achieving a Healthy Weight.- Nutrition Therapy for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes.- Nutrition Therapy for Prevention and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes.- Osteoporosis and Bone Health: Sound Suggestions for Stronger Bones.- Coronary Heart Diseasee: Nutritional Interventions for Prevention and Therapy.- Dietary Influence on Blood Pressure.- Diet, Physical Activity, and Cancer Prevention.- Nutritional Prevention of Irritable Bowel and Gastrointestinal Disorders.- Part IV: Nutritional Requirements Following Surgery and Acute Disease.- Dietary Considerations During Chemotherapy.- Role or Nutrition in Understanding Common Gastrointestinal Disorders.- Food Allergy and Intolerance: Diagnosis and Nutritional Management.- Nutrition in Patients with Diseases of the Liver and Pancreas.- Medical Nutrition Therapy for Kidney-Related Disorders.- Eating Disorders: Disorders of Under and Over Nutrition.- Nutritional Considerations for the Treatment of Depression.- Nutritional Considerations Following Bariatric Surgery.- Nutrition for Sarcopenia Prevention.- Drug Interactions with Food and Beverages.- Part V: Food and Nutrient Health Effects.- Coffee Consumption and its Impact on Health.- Health Effects of Tea Consumption.- Dietary Fat: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.- Dietary Sugar Intake: Is There a Best Recommendation.- Dietary Recommendations for Juices and Soft Drinks.- Sports Beverages for Optimizing Physical Performance.- Energy Drinks and Human Healthy.- What is the Best for the Patient: Abstinence or Moderate Alcohol Consumption?.- Dietary Fiber: All Fibers are not Alike.- Vitamins: The Essentials.- Mineral Nutrients: From Macro to Ultra Trace.- Nutritional Influence on the Gut Microbiome.- Part IV: Influencing Dietary Health Decisions.- Guidelines for Nutrition Screening, Assessment, and Referrals in the Clinical Setting.- Nutritional Status: An Overview of Methods for Assessment.- Food Synergy, Nutritional Science to Food Guides.- Dietary Supplements: Navigating a Minefield.- A Plague of False and Misleading Information.- Dietary Reference Intakes: Cutting Through the Confusion.- Food Labels and Sources of Nutrients: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff.- Part VII: Conclusions.- What Needs to Change for Nutritional Health to Improve?.- Appendix A: Aids to Calculations.