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Key Features

• This textbook has been written as per Indian Nursing Council (INC) new syllabus. • Explains the basic principles of biochemistry, nutrition and dietetics and their application to health and disease. • It has 23 chapters presenting core information to introduce basic concepts and thereby apply the acquired knowledge in nursing practice. • This book helps for the nursing students to acquire knowledge of the normal biochemical composition and functioning of human body, its alterations in disease conditions and to apply this knowledge in the practice of nursing. • The text is comprehensively updated to meet the constantly changing health needs of people. • This book has been framed carefully in simple language with adequate tables, diagrams, chemical structures and clinical aspects for easy understanding of the basic nutrition and biochemistry. • New section on biochemistry and recent updates in the nutrition section as per the revised syllabus outlined by the Indian Nursing Council.