Completely up-to date, Nutrition and Diet Therapy Dictionary is specially written for use in the Philippines. It is the most comprehensive nutrition and diet therapy dictionary available for health care professionals and public health nutrition far exceeds that found in standard medical dictionary.
This wide- ranging, authoritative volume deals with all aspects of nutrition and diet therapy for more than 300 diseases or disorders. Enteral and parenteral nutrition support is covered using locally available products and data. Dietary recommendations for prevention of major degenerative diseases such as obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cancer are discussed in detail because of their impact on the health of Filipinos. Other public health nutrition problems as observed in the Philippines are given emphasis. Local agencies and organizations, nutrition programs and surveys, legislations in health and nutrition in the Philippines are included in the main text as well as in the appendices.

With more than 3000 carefully selected word entries, practitioners in the fields of nutrition and dietetics, as well as physicians, allied health professionals, educators students, and others interested in nutrition will find Nutrition and Diet Therapy Dictionary handy and particularly useful. The only kind currently available for use in the Philippines, the 500-paged volume is comprehensive, compact, and provides instant access to information on nutrition and diet therapy focused on practical applications for the Philippines. This book is a "must" for everyone. 

QP 141 L27 2004

Lagua, Rosalinda

Nutrition and diet therapy dictionary/ Rosalinda T. Lagua, Virginia S. Claudio; Contributor Adela Jamorabo-Ruiz. -- Manila, Philippines: Merriam & Webster Bookstore, Inc. 2004.

500 p
ISBN 971-30-1236-4
Diet therapy--Dictionaries; Nutrition--Dictionaries

2210/ 2213 MPQLdb