RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Leonard G.
A1 Haist, Steven A.
SR Print(0)
ID 2694176
T1 Chapter 11. Nutritional Assessment, Therapeutic Diets, and Infant Feeding
T2 Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey, 11e
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-145428-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2694176
RD 2024/04/19
AB Nutritional  factors  figure  prominently  in  the  pathogenesis  of  coronary  heart  disease,  cancer,  stroke,  and  type  2  diabetes—diseases  that  account  for  more  than  half  of  all  deaths  in  the  United  States.  Dietary  habits  also  play  an  extensive  role  in  other  causes  of  morbidity  and  mortality,  including  hypertension,  obesity,  and  osteoporosis.  This  situation  is  compounded  by  the  epidemic  of  obesity  in  the  United  States,  which  is  expected  to  cause  sharp  increases  in  the  incidence  of  chronic  illness.  In  recognition  of  the  serious  health  implications  of  obesity,  current  definitions  of  “malnutrition”  include  states  of  overnutrition  as  well  as  conditions  marked  by  nutritional  deficits.