Master the essentials of nutrition science and patient care with this concise text! Williams’ Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 13th Edition helps you understand and apply nutrition concepts in the treatment of disease, disease prevention, and life enhancement. The text is broken out into three parts: the basics of nutrients and the body, the life cycle and community nutrition, and clinical nutrition. Case studies help you determine nutritional interventions in treating both acute and chronic conditions. Written by nutrition specialists Joyce Gilbert and Eleanor D. Schlenker, this book includes the latest advances in research and evidence-based practice.

• NEW! Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-style case studies apply concepts to realistic scenarios.
• NEW! Dietary Guidelines have been updated to the 2020-2025 edition with new illustrations.
• NEW! Coverage of the Healthy People initiative is updated to the 2030 national objectives.
• NEW! Revised guidelines for potassium and sodium fit the new recommendations for adequate intake of potassium and for sodium chronic disease risk reduction intake.
• NEW! Content on obesity is incorporated into the Energy Balance chapter.
• NEW! Updated content on nutrients is added.
• NEW! Updated references include many new and current works.