This book presents an exhaustive and up-to-date exposition of nutrition and food requirements during the normal stages of life as well as during cases of various diseases suggested by ICMR.

• It describes in detail the nutritional requirements for adults, infants, children, adolescents and ageing persons.
• Explains the food requirements of expectant mothers and lactating women.
• Highlights the correct diet in cases of fever, obesity, anaemia, diabetes, ulcers, food sensitivity and diseases of the gastrointestinal disorders, heart, liver and kidneys.
• Includes additional chapters on diet in cases of cancer and genetic disorders.
• Sports nutrition is elaborated well in this edition.
• Food is valued not only for its nutritive value but also for its health value. All these are discussed in this edition under the chapter 'Functional Foods and Vegetarian Diets'.
• This book also gives recent advances in Food, Nutrition and Drug interaction and a special emphasis on nutritional management of AIDS.
• Each topic is explained in a simple and systematic manner, supported by relevant illustrations, tables and charts.

With all these features, this is an essential text for undergraduate and post-graduate courses on Nutrition and Dietetics. This book is a ready reckoner for practising dietitian and a reference book for medical and paramedicals. The book would also be extremely useful to the general reading public as an authoritative reference source.