Community nutrition : applying epidemiology to contemporary practice / Gail C. Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Gail C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutritionally induced diseases--Epidemiology.

Nutritionally induced diseases.

Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.

United States.

Community Health Services.

Nutrition Assessment.

Nutrition Disorders.

Nutrition Policy.

Medical Subjects:

Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.

United States.

Community Health Services.

Nutrition Assessment.

Nutrition Disorders.

Nutrition Policy.

Physical Description:

xxi, 936 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2008]

Summary:

This graduate-level community nutrition textbook presents a conceptual framework for understanding the course of health and disease and matching community nutrition or applied nutrition epidemiology to the model.

Contents:

Epidemiology: the foundation of community nutrition

Nutrition in the United States

The community nutrition professional

Working with special groups in a complex environment

Nutrition policy, healthcare reform, and population-based change

Food-borne illness

Healthy eating in early life: infants and preschoolers

Nutrition for school-age children

Adults and their nutritional needs

Older adults

Coronary heart disease

Cancer

Diabetes mellitus

Hypertension

Obesity

Debilitating diseases: osteoporosis, alcoholism, arthritis, and renal disease

Preventing single and cluster diseases.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0763730629

9780763730628

OCLC:

73502822