Author Profile

Jennifer Robinson, PhD, is the Associate Director for the Nutrition Studies Group and the Administrative Director for the Community Health and Prevention Research Master's Program, both housed in the Stanford Prevention Research center. She received her PhD in Nutrition from UCDavis and has been working in the field of health and wellness for over 20 years. Robinson's work involves conducting various types of research, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies, within the field of behavioral science. She has served as a policy advisor for the White House Initiative on Women's Health Research, demonstrating her involvement in policy-making related to health. Beyond her work at Stanford and in policy, she has experience in other areas, including serving as a communications director for the group and as an administrative director in the School of Medicine.

About The Book

Nutrition and Dietetics focuses on fundamentals of the subject-Role of Nutrients, Balanced Diet, Diet Therapy for Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Liver Diseases; Food Safety Measures. The text has been substantially revised to include RDA 2020, EAR 2020, importance of oral health in nutrition, newer concepts about food and diet patterns including paleo, keto diets, and diets for combating COVID-19. Designed primarily for branches of the undergraduate program in Home Science and allied disciplines, as well as students of nursing and paramedical courses, those pursuing various branches of catering technology and hospitality management, and coaches in the field of sports, etc., this book will also be useful for practicing doctors. This book is designed and executed to provide accurate, authoritative information about Nutrition and Dietetics which forms a premier references to meet the requirement as per the Indian nursing council recommendations. This book comprises of nutrition, mentions the importance of dietetics, highlights the importance of infant and child nutrition, and illustrates community nutrition. The book marks important facts on infant nutritional requirements, disorders associated with the imbalance of nutritional diet and complete classification of nutrition based on the type of diseases. Overall the book forms an excellent material for understanding the nutritional requirements and forms a guide for the nurses at hospitals. The book is an important resource for nutritionists, public health workers, healthcare professionals, research scientists, the medical professions and other practitioners, policy makers, and institutional or governmental departments. It is also designed for teachers and lecturers, undergraduates, graduates, post-graduates, professors, institutional and governmental officials, and libraries. The primary objective of nutrition and diet is to address the nutritional qualities of a food factually and informatively, thereby assisting the consumer in making better food choices when planning their daily meals. The book been designed keeping in view of the need of nutritionists, dieticians, medical doctors and food scientists. It is hoped that this book will be able to assist the food industry, the regulatory authorities, all related professionals and the consumers in the understanding and application of the nutrition and diet for human health.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. FOODS, NUTRITION AND HEALTH
2. DIGESTION, ABSORPTION AND UTILISATION OF NUTRIENTS
3. THE RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES FOR NUTRIENTS
4. CARBOHYDRATES
5. FATS AND OTHER LIPIDS
6. PROTEINS AND AMINO ACIDS
7. ENERGY METABOLISM
8. FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS
9. WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS
10. MAJOR AND TRACE MINERALS
11. WATER, FLUIDS, ELECTROLYTES AND ACID-BASE BALANCE
12. NUTRITION FOR FITNESS, ATHLETICS AND SPORTS
13. DISORDERS OF NUTRITION
14. FOOD GUIDES FOR SELECTING AN ADEQUATE DIET
15. MEAL PLANNING FOR THE FAMILY
16. MEAL PLANNING FOR VARIOUS AGE GROUPS
17. FOOD SELECTION, PURCHASE AND STORAGE
18. FOOD PREPARATION
19. EFFECT OF PREPARATION ON FOOD COMPONENTS
20. FOOD SAFETY: A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE OF GROWING IMPORTANCE Bibliography
Index