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Teaching patients about healthy eating is a primary duty, as well as staying aware of developments in medicine and nutrition. Nutritionists and dietitians are health professionals who create diets for people. However, there is a difference between dietetics and nutrition. Nutrition is the process of taking food into the body and absorbing the nutrients in those foods whereas Dietetics is the high-tech science of applying food and nutrition to health. This book explains the basic principles of nutrition and dietetics and their applications to health and disease. A concise, yet comprehensive text, Essentials of Nutrition and Dietetics for Nursing, is tailored to suit the students, practitioners, specialists of Nursing Programme which provides the latest information on nutrition. The book will be appreciated for its simplicity, clarity, brevity and user-friendly nature. It consists of contributions made by international experts. This book will give immense pleasure to the reader and is a good companion to the students and research scholars alike. This book will prove a valuable reference for practitioners, specialists, consultants and students.