New Resources for Nutrition Educators

BOOK certain conditions serve as useful

Krause’s Food & The Nutrition
Care Process. 14th ed. Mahan LK,
Raymond JL. 2017. Elsevier, 3251
Riverport Lane, St. Louis, MO 63043.
Hardcover book, 1,152 pp, $172,
ISBN: 978-0-32334-075-5.
. . .presents the most cutting-edge and
up-to-date dietetics content available in
this ever-changing field. Nicknamed the
“nutrition bible,” students and practi-
tioners alike turn to its current, compre-
hensive content, engaging pedagogy and
design, and logical presentation of infor-
mation. This new edition includes the
2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans,
more visuals, and highlighted Clinical
Case Studies, Clinical Insights, and
Clinical Applications boxes that help
translate scientific knowledge into prac-
tical patient care.—Publisher
Krause’s Food & The Nutrition Care
Process is a comprehensive nutrition
textbook covering a variety of nutri-
tion-related topics ranging from the
basics of digestion and absorption to
sports nutrition to medical nutrition
therapy. It was the textbook I used for
my medical nutrition therapy course
during my dietetics training and have
kept as a reference book throughout
the years. The 14th edition provides
new and up-to-date information on
current recommendations and hot
topics in the field of nutrition,
including the 2015 Dietary Guide-
lines for Americans, inflammation
and chronic disease pathophysiology,
and the anti-inflammatory diet.
The 14th edition is divided into
6 main sections: Nutrition Assess-
ment, Nutrition Diagnosis and Inter-
vention, Nutrition in the Lifecycle,
Nutrition for Health and Fitness,
Medical Nutrition Therapy, and Pedi-
atric Specialties. Chapters are written
by subject matter experts. It addresses
all the components of the nutrition
care process, which allows easy appli-
cation of the content covered in the
book into dietetics practice using this
framework. It also goes beyond the
basic nutrition information and med-
ical nutrition therapy recommenda-
tions by touching on other topics
relevant to dietetics practice includ-
ing community nutrition and educa-
tion and counseling.
Krause’s Food & The Nutrition Care
Process includes a variety of helpful
boxes, tables, and figures, helping stu-
dents and practitioners by effectively
providing nutrition guidance on a
variety of topics. Pathophysiology
and care management algorithms are
easy-to-read visuals that illustrate the
etiology, pathophysiology, and man-
agement for a variety of conditions.
Boxes with information such as how
to interpret laboratory values or foods
to recommend/not recommend for
references. Clinical case studies at the
end of chapters include relevant scenar-
ios that practitioners may encounter
couple with nutrition care questions to
help readers think through how they
would address the issues discussed. For
readers looking for additional informa-
tion on a topic, the end of each chapter
includes a list of useful Web sites and
references.
The appendices are also compre-
hensive and cover a wide range of
topics. Information on assessing
height and weight, including growth
charts for children and body mass
index charts for adults, is included.
The appendix related to laboratory
values is a useful reference tool for
understanding and interpreting labo-
ratory tests. The appendices on special
diets and specific nutrients (including
recommended intakes and food sour-
ces) are an easy-to-read, quick sum-
mary of information that can aid in
developing nutrition recommenda-
tions for patients.
Krause’s Food & The Nutrition Care
Process is a must-have resource for die-
tetics students, educators, and practi-
tioners. Nutrition educators should
strongly consider selecting this as a
textbook for their nutrition courses,
and students should keep it as a refer-
ence material to refer to as they enter
careers in the field of nutrition and
dietetics.
Jessica Soldavini, MPH, RD, LDN, Cen-
ter for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention and Department of Nutri-
tion, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 1700 Martin Luther King Jr
Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7426
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