Primary Care Nutrition Reference: Essential Guide for Clinicians

Authored by Natalie D. Muth MD MPH RDN and Mary Tanaka MD MS, this comprehensive reference provides primary care clinicians with the necessary tools and knowledge to offer patients optimal nutrition care in a primary care setting.

Key Features and Benefits

• At-a-glance tables for quick reference throughout the chapters
• Case studies for further learning and application
• Nutrition recipes for daily meals
• Frequently asked questions section to address caregivers’ and patients’ queries

Improve Patient Care with Expert Nutrition Guidance

With this authoritative reference, clinicians can:

• Take an accurate nutrition history and evaluate growth and development, weight, and adiposity
• Identify signs of nutritional deficiency or excess and create a patient-specific nutrition treatment plan
• Select and interpret findings from screening and laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures to assess and manage a patient’s nutrition
• Apply behavioral change strategies and coaching techniques tailored to a patient and family’s readiness for change
• Provide age-specific nutrition guidance for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-aged children, and adolescents based on the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025

Address Common Pediatric Concerns with Confidence

• Anemia
• Reflux
• Constipation
• Underweight and childhood overweight and obesity
• Dyslipidemia
• Prediabetes
• Fatty liver disease
• Hypertension
• Disordered eating
• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• Autism spectrum disorder

Collaborate with Healthcare Professionals and Community Resources

Clinicians can consult or refer to registered dietitians and other healthcare professionals, as well as screen for food insecurity and connect families with public health resources.

Practical Application and Everyday Nutrition

This reference also provides guidance on:

• Answering commonly asked nutrition questions from parents and patients
• Advising patients and families on integrating nutrition principles into everyday life through culinary medicine

Product Details: Publisher – American Academy of Pediatrics; 1st edition (April 30, 2023); Language – English; Paperback – 350 pages; ISBN-10 – 1610026616; ISBN-13 – 978-1610026611