Diet and Nutrition

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This text offers a comprehensive guide to nutrition, diet and food for health professionals. It summarizes the present knowledge of human nutrition and applies this to dietary planning for particular groups and individuals.This text offers a comprehensive guide to nutrition, diet and food for health professionals. It summarizes the present knowledge of human nutrition, applies this to dietary planning for particular groups and individuals, and presents a translation of nutritional knowledge into specific advice. The aim of the text is to promote understanding of the main concepts of nutrition, so that dietary advice can be based on sound principles and applied with common sense.