Community nutrition : applying epidemiology to contemporary practice

Community nutrition : applying epidemiology to contemporary practice / Gail C. Frank.

Author/creator	Frank, Gail C.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	2nd ed.
Publication Info	Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, ©2008.
Description	xxi, 936 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subject(s)	Nutritionally induced diseases--Epidemiology. Nutritional Physiological Phenomena--United States. Community Health Services--United States. Nutrition Assessment--United States. Nutrition Disorders--United States. Nutrition Policy--United States.

Contents	Epidemiology: the foundation of community nutrition -- Nutrition in the United States -- The community nutrition professional -- Working with special groups in a complex environment -- Nutrition policy, healthcare reform, and population-based change -- Food-borne illness -- Healthy eating in early life: infants and preschoolers -- Nutrition for school-age children -- Adults and their nutritional needs -- Older adults -- Coronary heart disease -- Cancer -- Diabetes mellitus -- Hypertension -- Obesity -- Debilitating diseases: osteoporosis, alcoholism, arthritis, and renal disease -- Preventing single and cluster diseases.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2006034285
ISBN	9780763730628 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0763730629 (alk. paper)