This comprehensive, evidence-based guide examines the major nutrition challenges and strategies for people living with HIV and AIDS. Topics include: Unintentional weight loss and wasting; physical and metabolic complications of HIV infection and therapy; HIV-associated fat atrophy, fat deposition, and dyslipidemia; insulin sensitivity; and much more. This text also looks at vulnerable populations in the US, including children, adolescents, injection IV users and the elderly.

Overview of HIV/AIDs today / Christine Wanke, Sarwat Khalil, Jül L. Gerrior -- Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) / Kimberly R. Dong and Alexandra Mangili -- General nutrition issues for healthy living with HIV infection / Lucia Vining -- Unintentional weight loss and wasting in HIV infection / Jül l. Gerrior -- HIV-associated fat deposition / Kimberly R. Dong -- HIV-associated fat atrophy / Kristy M. Hendricks -- HIV-associated dyslipidemia / Jane Hubbard -- Insulin sensitivity and HIV infection / Viva Tai and Kathleen Mulligan -- Dietary supplement use in HIV infection / Alexis Howard, Kristy M. Hendricks, and Johanna Dwyer -- Pediatric HIV / Nasim Sabery, Lauren Furuta, and Christopher Duggan -- HIV in injection drug users / Ellen Smit and Alice Tang -- HIV in older adults / Helen M. Rasmussen.