Clinical nutrition in primary health care. Part 2: Assessment, diagnosis, presentation and management.
Nutritional diagnosis and management are important aspects of general practice. This information, presented in two parts, offers the general practitioner a practical framework and a approach to nutritional advice. Part 2 covers protein malnutrition, eating disorders, osteoporosis, nutrient toxicity, cancer, inherited metabolic disorders, nutrient deficiency and diabetes mellitus. (Part I, outlining the clinical conditions and principles involved in nutritional diagnosis with a management approach to macrovascular disease and obesity, appeared in the October issue of Australian Family Physician.)
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Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria.
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D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy