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Contemporary nutrition / Gordon M. Wardlaw and Anne M. Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education ; [2009]Distributor: London : McGraw-Hill [distributor], [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xxvi, 717, [6] pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780077211660 (hbk.)
  • 0077211669 (hbk.)
  • 9780071283656 (International ed. : pbk.)
  • 007128365X (International ed. : pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.3 23 W.G.C.
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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