Handbook of Applied Nutrition, Dietotherapy and Diet Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Nutrition, nutrients, dietitian a d nutritional genomics: an introduction. 2. Nutritional disorders, malnutrition, food allergy, healthy diet, food fortification and dietotherapy. 3. Food industry trade groups, institutes, guilds, associations, councils and research centers: select case studies. 4. Aerobic and anaerobic organisms, saturated and unsaturated fats and food groups. 5. Applied nutrition: concepts, services and tests. 6. Food safety: microbiology and related water activity. 7. Select systems of medicine and related dietary laws. 8. Food scarcity, famine, food grains management food security and food policy. 9. Hunger, global hunger crisis and related facts: evaluating role of food aid and food security. 10. Food/livelihood security and food shortage challenges: role of agricultural production, demand and trade. 11. Towards healthy diet, nutrition and physical fitness. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

This Handbook of Applied Nutrition, Dietotherapy and Diet Management provides an introduction to nutrition, nutrients, dietitian and nutritional genomics. In addition, this handbook also addresses issues related to nutritional disorders, malnutrition, food allergy, healthy diet, food fortification and dietotherapy. Select case studies are also made about few famous global food industry trade groups, institutes, guilds, associations, councils and research centers. This publication also outlines select aerobic and anaerobic organisms, saturated and unsaturated fats and food groups. The concepts, services and tests related to applied nutrition are discussed. The microbiological aspects of food safety are touched briefly. Select systems of medicine and related dietary laws are dealt in detail. Related issues concerned with global food scarcity, famine, food grains management, food security and food policy are also touched upon. These are further substantiated with relevant case studies from around the world. This handbook also evaluates the role of food aid and food security vis a vis global hunger crisis. The role of agricultural production, demand and trade in providing global food livelihood security and mitigating food shortage challenges has been discussed in an elaborated fashion. The book also provides readers with a holistic approach towards healthy diet, nutrition and physical fitness.