Principles of Nutritional Assessment
Gibson, Rosalind S.
creator
text
New York
Oxford University Press
1990
monographic
712 p. ;
This comprehensive text is the first to provide a detailed discussion of dietary, anthropometric, laboratory, and clinical nutritional assessment procedures used in both hospitals and communities. Offering an international perspective it covers the scientific basis, advantages, limitations, and applicability of different methods, as well as the use of appropriate reference data. Quantitative aspects of dietary assessment are stressed and highly informative sections of precision and validity are included. The anthropometric section gives readers a detailed review of available reference data and methods for assessing body composition in the community and laboratory. The growing importance of trace elements in human nutrition, and new developments in the nutritional assessment of hospital patients, are also highlighted.
Nutrition
613.2 Gibson 1st 1990 29147 Food
0195058380 (hardcover)
9780195058383 (hardcover)