Handbook of Nutritional Disorders is a comprehensive handbook covering topics in nutrition, malnutrition, and the clinical disorders associated with nutrition from deficiency to toxicity. It includes information on disorders related to carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism as well as vitamin and mineral abnormalities. The book details various types of supplements, feeding methods, and therapies for many specific patients. It aims to educate readers on ways to prevent disorders resulting from all types of malnutrition and their potentially severe complications.

Features

* Strong focus on diabetes featuring information on various forms of the disease and treatment information.

* Detailed discussion of lipids and related disorders - cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death, informs users on prevention and treatment of hypertension, myocardial infarction, and stroke.

* Contains information on selective nutritional disorders including obesity, dehydration, imbalances, malabsorption, alcoholism, neuropsychiatric disorders, eating disorders, cancer, and pollutant poisonings.

Written for researchers, academia, and students in healthcare and nutrition fields, this book educates individuals on prevention of disorders resulting from all types of malnutrition and their potentially severe complications.

About the Author

Dr. Jahangir Moini was an assistant professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Tehran University Medical School, for 9 years. He worked as the Director of Epidemiology for the Brevard County Health Department for 18 years. In addition, he worked as the Director of Science and Health for Everest University in Melbourne, FL for 15 years. Furthermore, he woeked as a professor of science and health at Everest for 24 years and at Eastern Florida State College for 6 years respectively, but he is now retired. Dr. Moini has been an international author for 25 years and has written 58 books. His Anatomy & Physiology for Healthcare Professionals was translated and released in Japan and South Korea in 2020. His Complications of Diabetes Mellitus was translated into Spanish in 2023.

Dr. Katia Ferdowsi is a lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Central Florida. She holds a medical degree from Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, and a Master of Public Health degree from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran, where she also completed her residency in community medicine. She is a coauthor of two books.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032591810
Author Jahangir Moini
Format Paperback
Page Count 500
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd