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Nutrition in Women's Health is the resource that leads you through every step, principle, and strategy you'll need to help your female clients achieve and maintain nutritional health. Never before has one reference brought together so much valuable and useful information on normal nutrition and preventive nutrition throughout the life cycle, plus current women's health research. You'll find new, practical strategies for educating women about the importance and benefits of making the right food choices. And you'll get dozens of tables and charts of information that you can use in counseling your clients.

harcover, textbook

This is new comprehensive book that covers several issues related to women's health and nutrition. Thirty-one qualified contributing authors lend their knowledge and expertise in the areas of normal nutrition, preventive nutrition, and research. The main purpose is to make health professionals more knowledgeable about the role of nutrition in women's health. The authors have targeted dietitians, clinical nutritionists, and other allied healthcare professionals interested or involved with women's health. This would also be a practical resource for students in the field of nutrition and dietetics. The book is divided into three broad categories of nutritional needs through the life cycle, including adolescence, pregnancy, and postmenopausal, as well as special consideration in athletes and vegetarians; preventive nutrition and nutritional assessment related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and other nutrition-related disease; and women's health research. Within each category are a variety of informative and easy-to-read chapters. Each chapter contains many suitable graphs, tables, and illustrations that are complementary to the topics discussed. A list of current and pertinent references is provided at the end of each chapter. The book also features a nutrient analysis of sample menus that are designed, in general, to meet the energy and nutrient needs of women. The book is a very informative and useful resource for anyone in the field of women's health. The authors have provided crucial insight into the relationship between dietary patterns and chronic disease. They have also taken the important stance of identifying the significance of including females in researchinitiatives aimed at improving the health and well-being of women.

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