Nutrition Society.

This text focuses solely on the sick and metabolically compromised patient. It complements the text on 'Nutrition and Metabolism' in dealing with clinical nutrition on a system-by-system basis.

Opening a new series of textbooks from the Nutrition Society, this introductory text is designed for use on human nutrition courses throughout the world.

"This textbook provides the scientific basis of nutrition in the context of systems and health approaches, exploring the core principles of nutrition and how these can be applied throughout training and practice: comprehensive in both its scope and approach, it has been fully updated by a global expert team to cover the most recent changes in the field; written by a team of internationally renowned experts; designed to meet the needs of students of...

Having ensured a basic knowledge in nutrition with 'Introduction to Human Nutrition', this Nutrition Society text sets out to explore nutrition and metabolism across the various systems of the body.