Product Details

Published 2007, 212pp, 54 figures
Ruth Ayling & William Marshall

Laboratory investigations are essential to the successful diagnosis and management of many nutritional disorders: nutritional disorders can give rise to significant metabolic dysfunction with optimal nutritional support depending on a multidisciplinary team approach. This book includes aspects of the function of nutrients, the digestion and absorption of food, the assessment of nutritional status and the investigation and management of nutritional disorders, including both undernutrition and obesity.