Focusing on nutrition and nutritional therapy from the nurses' perspective, nutritional foundations and clinical applications: a nursing approach, 7th edition takes a wellness approach based on health promotion and primary prevention it offers guidelines with a human, personal touch, using first-hand accounts to show how nutrition principles apply to patients in real-world practice. This new edition incorporates the most current guidelines and information on key nutrition topics throughout as well as expanded coverage on the role of inflammation in common disease. A favorite of nursing students and instructors, this leading nutrition text promotes healthy diets and shows how nutrition may be used in treating and controlling diseases and disorders. Personal perspective boxes offer first-hand accounts of interactions with patients and their families, demonstrating the personal touch for which this book is known. Applying content knowledge and critical thinking/clinical applications case studies help you learn to apply nutrition principles to real-world practice situations.