Description
This textbook is a practical guide to the application of the philosophy and principles of Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy (IFMNT) in the practice of medicine, and the key role nutrition plays in restoring and maintaining wellness. The textbook provides an overview of recent reviews and studies of physiological and biochemical contributions to IFMNT and address nutritional influences in human heath overall, including poor nutrition, genomics, environmental toxicant exposures, fractured human interactions, limited physical movement, stress, sleep deprivation, and other lifestyle factors. Ultimately, this textbook serves to help practitioners, healthcare systems, and policy makers better understand this different and novel approach to complex chronic disorders. It provides the reader with real world examples of applications of the underlying principles and practices of integrative/functional nutrition therapies and presents the most up-to-date intervention strategies and clinical tools to help the reader keep abreast of developments in this emerging specialty field. Many chapters include comprehensive coverage of the topic and clinical applications with supplementary learning features such as case studies, take-home messages, patient and practitioner handouts, algorithms, and suggested readings.
Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy: Principles and Practices will serve as an invaluable guide for healthcare professionals in their clinical application of nutrition, lifestyle assessment, and intervention for each unique, individual patient.
Author: Diana Noland
Publisher: Humana
Published: 05/18/2021
Pages: 1101
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 5.40lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9783030307325
ISBN10: 3030307328
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Nutrition
- Science | Life Sciences | Biochemistry
About the Author
Diana Noland, MPH, RDN, CCN
Sequoia Family Medicine
Burbank, CA
USA
Jeanne A. Drisko, MD, CNS, FACN
Professor Emeritus
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
USA
Leigh Wagner, PhD, MS, RDN, LD
Department of Dietetics & Nutrition
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
USA