Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 9 edition

Book Preface

Numerous discoveries in nutrition science over the past few years have continued to benefit the field of health care. In revising this ninth edition of Nutrition and Diet Therapy, we have been pleased at the number of new findings we have been able to incorporate into these pages. As always, major goals of this textbook are to present both core nutrition information and guidelines about the prevention of, and care during, illness. Another mission is to help nutrition students evaluate information and products available from the media, colleagues, and the marketplace.

As in the previous edition of this book, Chapters 1 through 10 introduce basic concepts in nutrition and explain how sound nutrition supports health. Chapters 11 to 13 apply nutrition principles to individuals during different stages of life, from pregnancy and birth through old age. The second half of the book addresses the concerns of individuals who are at risk of illness or have medical conditions that require medical nutrition therapy. A hallmark of the text is the “Nutrition in Practice” section located at the end of every chapter: these sections provide coverage of current research topics, advanced subjects, or specialty areas.