"Cancer and HIV Clinical Nutrition Pocket Guide, Second Edition" is in tended to assist the clinician in providing care to individuals at ris k for, or who are experiencing, nutritional alterations related to can cer or HIV infection. The concepts discussed in this pocket guide can be applied across care boundaries and are useful for providers in home care, ambulatory care, or inpatient care settings. This pocket guide provides an overview of basic nutritional concepts and explores nutri tional alterations in cancer and HIV infection. It also addresses the pathophysiology and malnutrition in cancer or HIV infection and the st rategies for nutritional needs of the individual with cancer or HIV in fection. The appendices provides resources and nutritional educational materials available for individuals with cancer or HIV infection, hin ts for high-calorie and high-protein foods, ideal body weight charts, Centers for Disease Control AIDS case definition, and a glossary.