This second edition of Clinical Nutrition, in the acclaimed textbook series by the Nutrition Society, has been revised and updated in order to: Provide students with the required scientific basis in nutrition, in the context of a systems and health approach. Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition and to apply these throughout their training to foster critical thinking at all times. Each chapter identifies the key areas of knowledge that must be understood and also the key points of critical thought that must accompany the acquisition of this knowledge. Are fully peer reviewed to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspective and is applicable for use by nutritionists and on nutrition courses throughout the world. Ground breaking in scope and approach, with an additional chapter on nutritional screening and a student companion website, this second edition is designed for use on nutrition courses throughout the world and is intended for those with an interest in nutrition in a clinical setting. Covering the scientific basis underlying nutritional support, medical ethics and nutritional counselling, it focuses solely on the sick and metabolically compromised patient, dealing with clinical nutrition on a system by system basis making the information more accessible to the students. This is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food sciences, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find this an important resource. Libraries in universities, medical schools and establishments teaching and researching in the area of nutrition will find Clinical Nutrition a valuable addition to their shelves.

This second edition of Clinical Nutrition, in the acclaimed textbook series by the Nutrition Society, has been revised and updated in order to:* Provide students with the required scientific basis in nutrition, in the context of a systems and health approach.* Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition and to apply these throughout their training to foster critical thinking at all times. Each chapter identifies the key areas of knowledge that must be understood and also the key points of critical thought that must accompany the acquisition of this knowledge.* Are fully peer reviewed to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspective and is applicable for use by nutritionists and on nutrition courses throughout the world.Ground breaking in scope and approach, with an additional chapter on nutritional screening and a student companion website, this second edition is designed for use on nutrition courses throughout the world and is intended for those with an interest in nutrition in a clinical setting. Covering the scientific basis underlying nutritional support, medical ethics and nutritional counselling, it focuses solely on the sick and metabolically compromised patient, dealing with clinical nutrition on a system by system basis making the information more accessible to the students.This is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food sciences, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find this an important resource.Libraries in universities, medical schools and establishments teaching and researching in the area of nutrition will find Clinical Nutrition a valuable addition to their shelves.

Contributors viiSeries Foreword ixPreface xiFirst Edition Acknowledgements xiii1 Principles of Clinical Nutrition: Contrasting the Practice ofNutrition in Health and Disease 1Marinos Elia2 Nutritional Screening and Assessment 15Marinos Elia and Rebecca J Stratton3 Water and Electrolytes 27Abeed H Chowdhury and Dileep N Lobo4 Over-nutrition 47Gema Frühbeck5 Under-nutrition 81Anura V Kurpad and Isabelle Aeberli6 Metabolic Disorders 97Luc Tappy and Jean-Marc Schwarz7 Eating Disorders 108Kate Williams8 Adverse Reactions to Foods 123Simon H Murch9 Nutritional Support 140Esther van den Hogen, Marian AE van Bokhorst-de van derSchueren, and Cora F Jonkers-Schuitema10 Ethics and Nutrition 161Clare McNaught and John MacFie11 The Gastrointestinal Tract 176Miquel A Gassull and Eduard Cabré12 Nutrition in Liver Disease 193Mathias Plauth and Tatjana Schütz13 Nutrition and the Pancreas 208Diabetes MellitusPaula McGurk and Marinos EliaPancreatitisJean-Fabien Zazzo14 The Kidney 230Roberta Situlin and Gianfranco Guarnieri15 Nutritional and Metabolic Support in HaematologicalMalignancies and Haematopoietic Stem-cell Transplantation 253Maurizio Muscaritoli, Saveria Capria, Anna Paola Iori, andFilippo Rossi Fanelli16 The Lung 266Peter Collins and Marinos Elia17 Nutrition and Immune and Inflammatory Systems 276Bruce R Bistrian and Robert F Grimble18 The Heart and Blood Vessels 300Kate Gatenby, Stephen Wheatcroft, and Mark Kearney19 Nutritional Aspects of Disease Affecting the Skeleton327Christine Rodda20 Nutrition in Surgery and Trauma 350Olle Ljungqvist and Ken Fearon21 Infectious Diseases 363Nicholas I Paton, Miguel A Gassull, and EduardCabré22 Nutritional Support in Patients with Cancer 385Federico Bozzetti23 Paediatric Nutrition 420Anthony F Williams24 Cystic Fibrosis 477John A Dodge25 Illustrative Cases 492Simon P AllisonIndex 509Visit the supporting companion website for this book: href="wiley.com/go/elia/clinicalnutrition">wiley.com/go/elia/clinicalnutrition