Dietetics 5th Revised Edition

About the Book:
This book presents an exhaustive and up-to-date exposition of nutrition and food requirements during the normal stages of life as well as during cases of various diseases.


It describes in detail the nutritional requirements of adults, infants, children, adolescents and ageing persons.
Explains the food requirements of expectant mothers and lactating women.
Highlights the importance of phytochemicals in the prevention of degenerative diseases.
Includes a new chapter in which functional foods are discussed.
Highlights the correct diet in cases of fever, obesity, anaemia, diabetes, ulcers, food allergy and diseases of the gastrointestinal disorders, heart, liver and kidneys.
Includes additional chapters on diet in cases of cancer and genetic disorders as well as on the nutritional requirements of athletes.
Each topic is explained in a simple and systematic manner, supported by relevant illustrations, tables and charts.

With all these features, this is an essential text for undergraduate and post-graduate courses on Nutrition and Dietetics. The book would also be extremely useful to the general reading public as an authoritative reference source.

The book is well written, concise, reasonably priced and can be recommended as a textbook for undergraduates.-Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2000.