Dietetics

(Review by Patil Swati Dayanand, Admin Assistant-Ambrosia Institute of Hotel Management, Pune)

Dietitians educate on healthy food choices to help prevent illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, and malnutrition. They also help control chronic illnesses such as heart disease through heart-healthy diet plans and diabetes through blood sugar maintenance and healthy meal choices. Examining and evaluating the relationship between food and nutrition in health and/or illness and applying scientific knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, nutrition, and food to individual or group diet planning and counseling, both in healthy (dietetics) and ill (diet therapy) clients, at every stage of life.
Food & Nutrition are important for human beings during health and disease. Nutrition and dietetics are basic to all developmental programs. A knowledge of good nutrition and diet is essential for teachers, health professionals, administrators, and health science students. the dietetic care needed during the different periods and stages of life and the specific diet therapy for several disease conditions. The book also displays a knowledge of physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and clinical medicine as related to nutrition.
‘Dietetics” will be a valuable guide and reference for physicians, other medical professionals, teachers, Students, nurses, practicing dietitians, and health workers.
Dietetics is like all Scientific disciplines an ever-expanding and constantly evolving field. Text book on nutrition focus mainly on the theoretical aspects of clinical nutrition and there is a growing need for a comprehensive source of up-to-date and essentially practical information.