Description

Written by one of the most influential and respected authors in the field, Brown’s Nutrition Through the Life Cycle, Seventh Edition, illustrates how nutrition impacts healthy people as they grow, develop and function through the stages of life. Featuring a vibrant full-color design, it is packed with illustrations that make abstract ideas easy to visualize. Using a unique layered approach, the book progresses from preconception to the end stages of the life cycle–alternating chapters between normal and clinical nutrition to give the complete picture of each topic. Insight from leading experts and the latest research is interwoven into comprehensive coverage of nutritional needs, nutrition and disease outcomes, model programs, healthful diets, gene variants, nutrient-gene interactions and more. Case studies offer further insight into real-world clinical applications and care standards.
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