Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nutritional assessment -- Macronutrient digestion and absorption -- Malabsorption -- Food allergy and food intolerance -- Prebiotics and dietary fiber -- The role of the intestinal microbiota and probiotics in health and disease -- Nutrition and gastrointestinal cancer -- Nutritional considerations in gastroesophageal reflux disease and eosinophilic esophagitis -- Nutrition and celiac disease -- Nutrition in IBS -- Nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease -- Nutritional management of acute and chronic pancreatitis -- Enteral access and enteral nutrition -- Parenteral nutrition - indications, access, formula, monitoring, and complications -- Medical and endoscopic therapy of obesity -- Surgical management of obesity and associated complications -- Nutrition counseling and nutrition tidbits.