Early Signs of Nutritional DeficienciesAlthough diseases due to vitamin deficiencies have become increasingly rare in developed countries, minor vitamin deficiencies continue to be a problem within certain segments of the population, most notably among students, elderly persons, and alcoholics. The fact that these minor vitamin or nutritional deficiencies produce subclinical symptoms has made their diagnosis difficult and has created from these slight deficiencies both an issue of public health and a challenging problem for the nutritional sciences. In the last two decades new and increasingly sophisticated methods have been developed for the detection of these deficiencies. Early Signs of Nutritional Deficiencies presents an in-depth survey of the latest findings in this field and the most advanced methods for assessing early signs of malnutrition.