Introduction, The needs of the body, Natural foods, Foods defined and classifield, The preparation of foods, The use of foods in the body, The digestion of food, The absorption of food, The assimilation and use of food, Getting rid of waste material, Diet in health, Fuel value of foods, The menu, Food for healthy people, Food for normal infants, Diet in disease, Infant feeding in abnormal conditions, Principles of sick-room dietetics, Dietetics in fevers and infections diseases, Dietetics in diseases of the digestive system, Dietetics in disorders of nutritions, Diseases of the organs of excretion, circulation,