Contemporary nutrition /

Wardlaw, Gordon M,

Contemporary nutrition / Gordon M. Wardlaw and Anne M. Smith. - Seventh edition. - xxvi, 717, [6] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes index. Previous edition: 2006.

NUTRITION: A KEY TO HEALTH 1: What You Eat and Why 2: Guidelines for Designing a Healthy Diet 3: The Human Body: A Nutrition Perspective ENERGY NUTRIENTS AND ENERGY BALANCE 4: Carbohydrates 5: Lipids 6: Proteins 7: Energy Balance and Weight Maintenance VITAMINS, MINERALS AND WATER 8: Vitamins v 9: Water and Minerals NUTRITION: BEYOND THE NUTRIENTS 10: Nutrition: Fitness and Sports 11: Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Other Conditions 12: Food Safety 13: Undernutrition throughout the World NUTRITION: A FOCUS ON THE LIFE STAGES 14: Pregnancy and Breastfeeding 15: Nutrition from Infancy through Adolescence 16: Nutrition during Adulthood APPENDIXES: A: Solutions to Case Studies and Check Your Knowledge B: Daily Values Used in Food Labels C: Dietary Advice for Canadians D: The Exchange System E: Dietary Intake and Energy Expenditure Assessment F: Chemical Structures in Nutrition G: Height-Weight Tables H: Sources of Nutrition Information I: English-Metric Conversions.

Provides students with nutrition information and consumer-oriented knowledge. This book is designed for students with little or no background in college-level biology, chemistry or physiology. It intends to dispel common misconceptions and enables students to gain a foundation for making informed nutrition choices.

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Nutrition.

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