This fully updated second edition combines current recommendations and guidelines in renal nutrition with the intuitive flow of the Nutrition Care Process. Guidance is provided for chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 1-5, dialysis and post-transplantion. A single case study is woven throughout the book, with installments presented at the end of each chapter. The detailed case study showcases the principles of renal nutrition at each stage of the Nutrition Care Process.

The second edition incorporates the following guidelines:

2020 Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) clinical practice guideline for CKD

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence Analysis Library CKD practice guideline

Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative/Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDOQI/KDIGO) publications on diabetes management, kidney transplant, anemia, blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and CKD-mineral and bone disorder