دانلود کتاب راهنمای تغذیه و رژیم غذایی آکسفورد

When we were approached to write this handbook the original idea was to write a book for general practice. However, we all remember being student dietitians and all created our own handbook of useful information that we carried around with us and were totally lost without. On reflection of what textbooks are now available in nutrition or dietetics, it became clear that, although there are now concise pocketbooks written for dietitians working predominantly in a clinical setting, there was a need for a user- friendly hand-book of nutrition and dietetics for a wider audience that included doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and other healthcare professionals. The available text-books are, by necessity, large tomes or series that are unlikely to adorn the shelves of many doctors or nurses whether in primary or secondary care.
As a result, we have tried to present nutritional science, therapeutics, and community public health nutrition in a concise and integrated manner. While writing the text we have tried to identify what information would be useful to different professionals in a variety of settings. For example a doctor or nurse may want information on obesity and will find a ready reck-oner for the calculation of body mass index (BMI), information on associ-ated problems and treatment options. Dietitians working in the community or public health will have this information, but will find the sections on the measurements of obesity or nutrition interventions more informative. How well we have achieved this is for the reader to decide.
Nutrition is fascinating for many reasons, one of which is the fact that it is a very dynamic discipline. We have tried very hard to be contemporary, but there will inevitably be changes in basic science, practice, and policy as the discipline continues to evolve. Major developments and changes will be posted on the relevant page of the OUP web site. For us it has been a very enjoyable, if at times rather demanding, process and we hope that this book is useful to all healthcare professionals.