Includes Index

Contents: Introduction to nutrition -- Dietary reference values and food-based dietary guidelines -- Current dietary patterns in the UK -- Nutrition assessment -- Macronutrients and energy balance -- Micronutrients -- Electrolytes and fluid balance -- Food labelling, functional foods, nutrigenetics, and nutrigenomics and food supplements -- Non-nutrient components of food -- Nutrition and catering in institutions -- Popular diets -- Diet before and during pregnancy -- Infants and preschool children -- School-aged children and adolescents -- Older people -- Nutrition in vulnerable population groups -- Nutrition intervention with individuals -- Nutrition interventions with populations -- Sustainable diets -- Obesity -- Diabetes -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cancer and leukaemia -- Nutrition support -- Nutrition in gastrointestinal diseases -- Pancreatic disease -- Liver disease -- Renal disease -- Respiratory disease and cystic fibrosis -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection -- Nutrition in mental health -- Nutrition in neurological conditions -- Rheumatology, dermatology, and bone health -- Palliative care -- Inherited metabolic disorders -- Food hypersensitivity -- Drug-nutrient interactions and prescription of nutritional products.