चिकित्सा में नैदानिक ​​पोषण अक्सर सबसे महत्वपूर्ण विषय होता है।

Clinical nutrition is often a neglected subject in medicine. It is known that several deficiency diseases are common in out country. Though the outcome of treatment is usually dependent on the nutritional status of the individual, the importance of recognition and correction of nutritional deficiencies has not been stressed adequately. This book attempts to address this deficiency. The entire spectrum of clinical nutrition has been covered in a succine yet complete manner. The chapters on assessment of nutritional status, diet in health and disease, importance of fibres form the basis armamentarium of a budding clinician.

The language used is simple and easy to understand and the chapters and their contents well laid out. Also welcome are the tables which will make reading and assimilating the contents easy.