• Strong community focus includes robust coverage of health promotion, cultural competence, patient safety, lifespan, and public health issues.
• Person-centered approach helps you develop practical solutions to individual problems, based on the authors’ personal research and clinical experience.
• MyPlate for Older Adults is included, as developed by nutrition scientists at Tufts University and the AARP Foundation, along with the Nestlé Mini Nutritional Assessment Scale.
  • Health Promotion sections help you with nutrition education, stressing healthy lifestyle choices and prevention as the best medicine.
  • Case studies provide opportunities for problem solving, allowing you to apply concepts to practical situations in nutrition care.
  • Evidence-Based Practice boxes emphasize critical thinking and summarize current research findings.
  • Focus on Culture boxes highlight cultural competence and the nutritional deficiencies, health problems, and appropriate interventions relating to different cultural, ethnic, racial, and age groups.
  • Focus on Food Safety boxes alert you to food safety issues related to a particular nutrient, population group, or medical condition.
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine boxes offer uses, contraindications, and advantages/disadvantages of common types of herbs and supplements, and potential interactions with prescription or over-the-counter medications.
  • Chapter summaries and review questions reinforce your understanding of key concepts and their application.
  • Key terms are identified in the text and defined on the page to help reinforce critical concepts.
  • NEW! Next Generation NCLEX^® (NGN)-style case studies apply concepts to realistic scenarios.
  • NEW! Dietary Guidelines have been updated to the 2020-2025 edition with new illustrations.
  • NEW! Coverage of the Healthy People initiative is updated to the 2030 national objectives.
    • NEW! Revised guidelines for potassium and sodium fit the new recommendations for adequate intake of potassium and for sodium chronic disease risk reduction intake.
    • NEW! Content on obesity is incorporated into the Energy Balance chapter.
    • NEW! Updated content on nutrients is added.
    • NEW! Updated references include many new and current works.

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