RS VIRK MD PG CERT (Nutrition)
Associate Professor and Nutritionist Department of Preventive and Social Medicine Armed Forces Medical College
Pune
MC KAPILASHRAMI MBBS MD
Director, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare New Mehrauli Road, Munirka
New Delhi
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Lecture Notes in Nutrition for Students of Nursing and Medicine
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First Edition: 2000
Publishing Director: RK Yadav
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This book is dedicated to our Alma Mater, the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, and our Students who Made it Possible
5AcknowledgementsWe are thankful to Mr Jitendar P Vij, Managing Director of Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, for his encouragement in the publication of the Lecture Notes in Nutrition for Students of Nursing and Medicine, and Mr RK Yadav, Director Publishing, for his invaluable suggestions and special thanks to the Editorial staff for the effort made in the preparation of the manuscript.
6PrefaceThe important role of Food and Nutrition in the health of an individual and the development of a Nation needs no elaboration. A number of good and elaborate texts on the subject are available, though few cater to the specific requirements of the young student of Medicine and Nursing during their first exposure to the subject, including Community Nutrition. The Lecture Notes, make an attempt to bridge this gap and facilitate quick and correct learning. The format of the Notes in its simplicity tries to address the needs of the students by providing a comprehensive information of the current concepts, so as to facilitate understanding and enable the practice of scientifically tested healthy nutritional practices. We hope it will provide a concise reference source and meet the requirements of the students of Nutrition and other Health professionals working in this field.
RS Virk
MC Kapilashrami