Nutrition and Diet Therapy: Self-Instructional Approaches covers the fundamentals of basic nutrition, and then nutrition as therapy, in both adults and children. It is designed to work as a traditional text or a self-instructional text that allows for distance-learning and self-paced instruction. Progress checks throughout each module and module post-tests help students to evaluate their comprehension of key information. The Fifth Edition has been completely revised with a new Introduction to Nutrition chapter and updated My Pyramid and corresponding DRIs as well as all figures, tables and references. Progress checks on activities throughout the text include: Self Study; True/False; Multiple Choice; Fill In; Matching; Case Study; Define; Situation