The newest edition of the most trusted nutrition bible. Since its first, highly successful edition in 1996, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Complete Food and Nutrition Guide has continually served as the gold-standard resource for advice on healthy eating and active living at every age and stage of life. At once accessible and authoritative, the guide effectively balances a practical focus with the latest scientific information, serving the needs of consumers and health professionals alike. Opting for flexibility over rigid dos and don’ts, it allows readers to personalize their own paths to healthier living through simple strategies. This newly updated Fifth Edition addresses the most current dietary guidelines, consumer concerns, public health needs, and marketplace and lifestyle trends in sections covering Choices for Wellness; Food from Farm to Fork; Know Your Nutrients; Food for Every Age and Stage of Life; and Smart Eating to Prevent and Manage Health Issues.

The latest edition of the bible on healthy eating, incorporating newly revised 2016 USDA Dietary Guidelines, by the world's leading authority on food and nutrition.

Offers tips and guidelines for following a healthy diet, from choosing the right food at the supermarket to eating well at every stage in life.

* Latest healthy eating guidelines * Foods and strategies for your good health * Nutritional advice for every age and stage of life A lifetime of sound, easy, and positive advice on healthy eating??from the world?s foremost authority on food and nutrition The choices you make every day about food, nutrition, and health can have a major impact on your life. To find the most reliable nutrition information and sound advice in achieving optimal health, look no further. This comprehensive book from the American Dietetic Association explains everything you need to know about eating healthy, with simple, practical tips and flexible guidelines designed to help you choose nutritious, flavorful, and fun foods to suit your needs and lifestyle at any age. This brand-new edition of the bestselling American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide offers the most up-to-date nutrition information for the whole family. From the healthiest baby food to eating well in the golden years, this fully revised, quick-access guide features: * New chapters on the use and abuse of supplements (including herbals and other botanicals) and on nutrition and health conditions (including Syndrome X and adult and childhood diabetes) and food-drug interactions * An expanded chapter on women?s health and nutrition that covers breast cancer, fibromyalgia, and the link between folic acid and heart disease * The latest on food-borne bacteria and ways to prevent food-borne illness * Help for making the right food choices in restaurants * Facts about functional foods and phytonutrients for health, and nutritious ethnic food choices * What you need to know about food and water safety * American Heart Association, USDA, and American Cancer Society guidelines, as well as the DASH "blood-pressure-lowering" diet * Up-to-date information on food labeling and food allergens and intolerances, including celiac disease * More on managing body weight, the truth about today?s popular diets, and controlling emotional overeating * Ways to blend nutrition with great taste?in fun, easy ways * And much more

Completely revised with new chapters and sections covering everything the health-care provider needs to know when working with the older adult either at home or in nursing and long-term care facilities. Chapters cover factors affecting nutrition, nutrition and disease, nutritional assessment, dining challenges and regulatory compliance. This scientifically sound and practical resource for new and experienced nutrition professionals includes new forms, resources, the food guide pyramid for older adults and an index of tales.

Organized according to the Nutrition Care Process, this guide provides assessment and intervention tools, sample PES statements and guidance on the RDN's scope of practice. Pharmacotherapy and nutrition support information, nutrition education topics, and advice on coordination of care are addressed. Covers care inside the hospital as well as in outpatient settings.