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The Complete Guide to Nutrition in Primary Care
Darwin Deen (Edited by), D Deen (Author), Lisa Hark (Edited by)
9781405104746, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 18 June 2007
464 pages
22.6 x 14.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.68 kg
“This work is intended for practicing primary physicians, nurses, and those going into these fields. It is meant as a general overview for those who need to include a routine nutrition assessment into their patients' visits. It would be a welcome addition in health care collections.” (American Reference Books Annual, Vol. 39 (2008)) "Due for release in July, this guide arms health professionals and consumers with nutritional information for preventing obesity-related diseases. Essential for expanding knowledge and research into preventative medicine." (Optimum Nutrition, Summer 2007) “The authors note…the unique contributions that registered dietitians can make in the…prevention and management of chronic disease.”
(Doodys Review)
The Complete Guide to Nutrition in Primary Care Edited by Clinicians and patients agree that primary care office visits should include routine nutrition assessment and counseling. But how do you fit it into an already crowded consultation? And what is the most up-to-date advice? With The Complete Guide to Nutrition in Primary Care, Drs. Deen and Hark provide the necessary tools. This comprehensive overview of nutrition answers your questions on: • Nutrition as Preventive Medicine This timely paperback contains everything the primary care clinician needs to counsel patients on diet and lifestyle issues. Keep it close at hand for the frequent consultation it is sure to receive. Dr. Darwin Deen is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on nutrition. Currently Professor of Clinical, Family and Social Medicine and Director of Medical Student Education at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, he has trained a generation of physicians on the connection between nutrition and health. He has played a leading role in revising medical school curricula to incorporate nutrition training. An award-winning teacher and noted author, he serves as Chair of the Task Force on Medical Nutrition Education of the American College of Nutrition and co-chairs the Group on Nutrition of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. His years of experience as a family physician make him perfectly suited to advise clinicians on counseling their patients on diet and lifestyle. Dr. Lisa Hark is a renowned family nutrition expert, with more than 20 years of experience in nutrition counseling and promoting the benefits of healthy eating in children and adults. As Director of the Nutrition Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, she developed a model medical school curriculum and textbook, Medical Nutrition and Disease, which has become one of the most widely used texts in nutrition education. She was given the Excellence in Medical/Dental Nutrition Education award from the American Society for Nutrition. Dr. Hark was also the host of the TV show, “Honey, We’re Killing the Kids,” which airs on TLC, and is a widely sought after speaker who communicates nutrition concepts effectively to health professionals, patients, and the media.
Darwin Deen, MD, MS
Lisa Hark, PhD, RD
• Nutrition through the Lifecycle
• Improving Health by Changing Diet and Lifestyle Behaviors
• Vitamins, Minerals, Dietary Supplements, and the Alternative
• Successful Changes to the Environment
Editors vii Contributors viii Preface xi Section 1 Nutrition as preventive medicine 1 Nutrition and the primary care clinician 3 2 Changing the office culture to make it work 15 3 Methods of weight control 31 Section 2 Nutrition through the life-cycle 4 Growing up healthy 57 5 Feeding the mother-to-be 85 6 Staying healthy in later life 109 Section 3 Improving health by changing diet and lifestyle behaviors 7 Dyslipidemia, hypertension and metabolic syndrome 135 8 Diabetes, pre-diabetes and hypoglycemia 161 9 Gastrointestinal disorders 179 10 Everything else 201 Section 4 Vitamins, minerals, supplements and alternative nutrition 11 Vitamins 223 12 Minerals 249 13 Dietary and nutritional supplements 275 14 Considering the alternatives 293 Section 5 Successful changes to the environment 15 It’s all about changing behaviors 311 16 Community counts 327 17 Cultural considerations 341 Appendices 365 Review questions 385 Review answers 428 Index 435
Darwin Deen and Katherine Margo
Arlo Kahn and Jane White
Cathy Nonas, Jennifer Williams, and Valentine J Burroughs
Susan Konek and Diane Barsky
James M Nicholson, Catherine Sullivan and Morghan B Holt
Connie Watkins Bales and Heidi K White
Frances Burke and Philippe Szapary
Marion J Franz and Richard Wender
Marianne Aloupis and Thomas Faust
Marion Vetter and Katherine Chauncey
Randee Silverman and Jeremy Brauer
Randee Silverman and Jeremy Brauer
Joel S Edman and Elizabeth Horvitz
Benjamin Kligler, Joel S Edman and Mary Beth Augustine
Darwin Deen and Alice Fornari
Kathryn M Kolasa
Kim M Gans and Charles B Eaton
Subject Areas: Medicine: general issues [MB]
