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Nutrition

Metabolic and Clinical Applications

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  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. Robert E. Hodges

    1. University of California, Davis, USA

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Part of the book series: Human Nutrition (HUNU, volume 4)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. The Hematopoietic System

    • John Lindenbaum
    Pages 1-51

  3. Nutritional Disorders of the Nervous System

    • Pierre M. Dreyfus
    Pages 53-81

  4. Nutrition and the Musculoskeletal System

    • Joseph J. Vitale
    Pages 83-104

  5. The Interaction between the Gastrointestinal Tract and Nutrient Intake

    • Robert H. Herman
    Pages 105-140

  6. Nutritional Effects of Hepatic Failure

    • Esteban Mezey
    Pages 141-168

  7. Cardiac Failure

    • René Bine Jr.
    Pages 169-181

  8. The Relationship of Diet and Nutritional Status to Cancer

    • Penelope Wells, Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater
    Pages 183-217

  9. Mutual Relationships among Aging, Nutrition, and Health

    • Donald M. Watkin
    Pages 219-240

  10. Effects of Organ Failure on Nutrient Absorption, Transportation, and Utilization: Endocrine System

    • Clifford F. Gastineau
    Pages 241-255

  11. Megavitamins and Food Fads

    • Thomas H. Jukes
    Pages 257-292

  12. Effects of Ethanol on Nutritional Status

    • Spencer Shaw, Charles S. Lieber
    Pages 293-328

  13. Infectious Diseases: Effects on Food Intake and Nutrient Requirements

    • William R. Beisel
    Pages 329-346

  14. Obesity: Its Assessment, Risks, and Treatments

    • Judith S. Stern, Bryna Kane-Nussen
    Pages 347-407

  15. Nutrition and the Kidney

    • Joel D. Kopple
    Pages 409-457

  16. Epilogue

    • R. B. Alfin-Slater, D. Kritchevsky
    Pages 459-460

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 461-478
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The science of nutrition has advanced beyond expectation since Antoine La­ voisier as early as the 18th century showed that oxygen was necessary to change nutrients in foods to compounds which would become a part of the human body. He was also the first to measure metabolism and to show that oxidation within the body produces heat and energy. In the two hundred years that have elapsed, the essentiality of nitrogen-containing nutrients and of proteins for growth and maintenance of tissue has been established; the ne­ cessity for carbohydrates and certain types of fat for health has been docu­ mented; vitamins necessary to prevent deficiency diseases have been identified and isolated; and the requirement of many mineral elements for health has been demonstrated. Further investigations have defined the role of these nutrients in metabolic processes and quantitated their requirements at various stages of development. Additional studies have involved their use in the possible prevention of, and therapy for, disease conditions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Davis, USA

    Robert E. Hodges

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nutrition

  • Book Subtitle: Metabolic and Clinical Applications

  • Editors: Robert E. Hodges

  • Series Title: Human Nutrition

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7213-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-7215-2Published: 27 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-7213-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 478

  • Topics: Nutrition

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