Manual of dietetic practice

Manual of dietetic practice, fifth edition, has been extensively restructed and is now divided into two parts. The first part covers professional practice, nutrition in specific groups, nutritional status and non-clinical areas of dietetic practice, while the second focuses on clinical dietetic practice, including nutrition support, and dietetic practice in individual areas of disease, from respiratory and renal disorders to mental health and palliative care.

Preceded by: Manual of dietetic practice / edited by Briony Thomas and Jacki Bishop in conjunction with The British Dietetic Association. 4th ed. 2007.

Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Dietetic practice -- 1.1.Professional practice -- 1.2.Dietary modification -- 1.3.Changing health behaviour -- Section 2 Nutritional status -- 2.1.Dietary reference values -- 2.2.Assessment of nutritional status -- 2.3.Dietary assessment -- 2.4.Food composition tables and databases -- Section 3 Nutrition in specific groups -- 3.1.Women's health -- 3.1.1.Polycystic ovary syndrome -- 3.1.2.Premenstrual syndrome -- 3.1.3.Menopause -- 3.2.Preconception and pregnancy -- 3.3.Older adults -- 3.4.People in low income groups -- 3.5.Dietary patterns of black and minority ethnic groups -- 3.6.Vegetarianism and vegan diets -- 3.7.People with learning disabilities -- 3.8.Paediatric clinical dietetics and childhood nutrition -- 3.8.1.Introduction -- 3.8.2.Growth, nutritional assessment and nutritional requirements -- 3.8.3.Growth faltering -- 3.8.4.Nutritional care of the preterm infant -- 3.8.5.Community paediatrics -- 3.8.6.Autism

Note continued: 3.8.7.Special needs -- 3.8.8.Paediatric general medicine -- 3.8.9.Paediatric oral nutritional support -- 3.8.10.Paediatric enteral tube nutrition -- 3.8.11.Paediatric parenteral nutrition -- 3.8.12.Paediatr…