Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Childhood obesity
  • Chapter 2. Medical weight control in the adult patient
  • Chapter 3. Adult obesity with special reference to bariatric surgery
  • Chapter 4. Nutritional management of the elderly
  • Chapter 5. Food allergy
  • Chapter 6. Nutritional considerations in the management of pregnancy and lactation
  • Chapter 7. Facilitating patient behavior change in clinical nutritional management
  • Chapter 8. Genetic diseases and errors of metabolism
  • Chapter 9. Malnutrition and immune system
  • Chapter 10. Nutritional and dietary considerations in management of chronic oral diseases
  • Chapter 11. Dermatology and nutrition
  • Chapter 12. Nutritional management in the patient with an upper gastrointestinal cancer
  • Chapter 13. Nutritional management of cachexia of chronic illness
  • Index