Learn the latest nutrition and diet therapies for treating common diseases. Williams' Essentials of Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 12th Edition offers a solid foundation in the fundamental knowledge and skills you need to provide effective patient care. It addresses nutrition across the lifespan and includes the 2015 Dietary Goals for Americans as well as MyPlate for Older Adults. This exceptionally reader-friendly text features evidence-based information, real-world case scenarios, colorful illustrations, boxes, and tables to help you learn how to apply essential nutrition concepts and therapies in clinical practice.

Preceded by Williams' essentials of nutrition and diet therapy / Eleanor D. Schlenker, Joyce Gilbert. 11th ed. c2015.

Joyce Gilbert. --Nutrition and health -- Digestion, absorption, and metabolism -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- Vitamins -- Minerals and waterFood s -- Energy balance -- Food selection and food safety -- Community nutrition: promoting healthy eating -- Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation -- Nutrition for normal growth and development -- Nutrition for adults : early, middle, and later years -- Nutrition and physical fitness -- The complexity of obesity : beyond energy balance -- Nutrition assessment and nutrition therapy in patient care -- Metabolic stress -- Drug-nutrient interactions -- Nutrition support : enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Gastrointestinal diseases -- Diseases of the heart, blood vessels, and lungs -- Diabetes mellitus -- Renal disease -- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- Cancer Nutrition and health -- Digestion, absorption, and metabolism -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- Vitamins -- Minerals and waterFood s -- Energy balance -- Food selection and food safety -- Community nutrition: promoting healthy eating -- Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation -- Nutrition for normal growth and development -- Nutrition for adults : early, middle, and later years -- Nutrition and physical fitness -- The complexity of obesity : beyond energy balance -- Nutrition assessment and nutrition therapy in patient care -- Metabolic stress -- Drug-nutrient interactions -- Nutrition support : enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Gastrointestinal diseases -- Diseases of the heart, blood vessels, and lungs -- Diabetes mellitus -- ?t Renal disease -- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- ?t Cancer.