Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wellness nutrition -- Personal and community nutrition -- Digestion, absorption, and metabolism -- Carbohydrates -- Fats -- Protein -- Vitamins -- Water and minerals -- Energy, weight, and fitness -- Nutrition across the life span -- Nutrition assessment and patient care -- Food-related issues -- Nutrition for disorders of the gastrointestinal tract -- Nutrition for disorders of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas -- Nutrition for diabetes mellitus -- Nutrition for metabolic stress: burns, trauma, and surgery -- Nutrition for cardiopulmonary diseases -- Nutrition for diseases of the kidneys -- Nutrition for neuro-psychiatric disorders -- Nutrition in cancer and HIV/AIDS.

"Focusing on nutrition and nutritional therapy from the nurses' perspective, Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach, 7th Edition takes a wellness approach based on health promotion and primary prevention It offers guidelines with a human, personal touch, using first-hand accounts to show how nutrition principles apply to patients in real-world practice. This new edition incorporates the most current guidelines and information on key nutrition topics throughout as well as expanded coverage on the role of inflammation in common disease. A favorite of nursing students and instructors, this leading nutrition text promotes healthy diets and shows how nutrition may be used in treating and controlling diseases and disorders."-- Publisher's website.