Nutrition & HIV Rev - Softcover

Romeyn, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787939641 ISBN 13: 9780787939649

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Synopsis

Treating HIV with Nutrition

Nutrition and HIV addresses the issues of nutrition and HIV fromthe perspective of the patient as well as the physician. Everyonewho is interested in the problems of--and solutions to--nutritionaltherapy in HIV owes it to themselves to read this book.
--Paul A. Volberding, M.D., director, Center for AIDS Research, SanFrancisco

This reference book offers a sound nutritional model for sustainingand improving quality of life for HIV positive men and women. Itoutlines an easy-to-follow program for the prevention and treatmentof weight loss--a common problem that if left untreated could leadto serious health decline or even death.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This reference book offers a sound nutritional model for sustaining and improving quality of life for HIV positive men and women. It outlines an easy-to-follow program for the prevention and treatment of weight loss?a common problem that if left untreated, could lead to serious health decline or even death.

About the Author:

MARY ROMEYN, M.D., is an internist on staff at St. Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, with a private practice specializing in HIV and nutrition. She has served on the Food and Nutrition Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees of Project Open Hand, and sits on the Scientific Advisory Committees of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and HIV Care. She is a member of the volunteer clinical faculty of the University of California at San Francisco Medical School, and writes and lectures on nutritional aspects of HIV management.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0787939641
• ISBN 13: 9780787939649
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 448