Metabolic response to starvation, injury and sepsis protein and amino acid metabolism in the whole body and in the tissues energy metabolism Liver and nutrient metabolism physiology of nutrient absorption and patterns of intestinal metabolism the immune system and nutritional support malnutrition in hospitalized patients and assessment of nutrition support nutrition assessment adult macronutrient requirements adult micronutrient requirements paediatric nutrition requirements the role of a nutrition support team oral diet administration and supplementation enteral nutrition - tubes and techniques of delivery enteral diet choices and formulations complications of enteral nutrition paediatric enteral nutrition home enteral nutrition venous access for parenteral nutrition Parenteral nutrition substrates parenteral nutrition formulation metabolic complications of parenteral nutrition paediatric parenteral nutrition home parenteral nutrition in adults peripheral administration of total parenteral nutrition nutrition support - in liver disease in trauma and sepsis in renal disease in respiratory disease in inflammatory bowel disease during the acute care of moderately or severely burned patients for intensive care units for the surgical patient in AIDS/HIV in oncology patients in the elderly in the short bowel syndrome.