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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139138403321

Titolo

Advanced nutrition and dietetics in gastroenterology / / editor, Miranda Lomer ; contributors Allan Stuart [and sixty four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-87289-4

1-118-87279-7

1-118-87291-6

Edizione

[Electronic version.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 330 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics (BDA)

ebrary

THEi Wiley ebooks

Disciplina

616.3/3

Soggetti

Digestive organs - Diseases

Dietetics

Diet therapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Physiology and function of the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary tract -- Dietary components relevant to gastrointestinal health -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Hepatobiliary disorders.

Sommario/riassunto

Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics in Gastroenterology provides informative and broad-ranging coverage of the relation between nutrition and diet and the gastrointestinal tract. It explores dietary factors involved in causation of a variety of gastrointestinal disorders, as well as the effects on diet and the treatments available. It also provides an overview of anatomy and physiology, measurement and assessment of function, and dietary components relevant to gastrointestinal health. -- Publisher