Includes bibliographical references.

Unit 1: Key Nutrition Concepts and Terms -- Unit 2: The Inside Story about Nutrition and Health -- Unit 3: The Ways of Knowing about Nutrition -- Unit 4: Understanding Food and Nutrition Labels -- Unit 5: Nutrition Attitudes and Behaviors -- Unit 6: Healthful Diets: MyPyramid, the Dietary Guidelines, and More -- Unit 7: How the Body Uses Food: Digestion and Absorption -- Unit 8: Calories! Food, Energy, and Energy Balance -- Unit 9: Obesity and Underweight: The Highs and Lows of Weight Status -- Unit 10: Weight Control: The Myths and Realities -- Unit 11: Disordered Eating: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, and Pica -- Unit 12: Useful Facts about Sugars, Starches, and Fiber -- Unit 13: Diabetes Now -- Unit 14: Alcohol: The Positives and Negatives -- Unit 15: Proteins and Amino Acids -- Unit 16: Vegetarian Diets -- Unit 17: Food Allergies and Intolerances. Unit 18: Fats and Cholesterol in Health -- Unit 19: Nutrition and Heart Disease -- Unit 20: Vitamins and Your Health -- Unit 21: Phytochemicals and Genetically Modified Food -- Unit 22: Diet and Cancer -- Unit 23: Good Things to Know about Minerals -- Unit 24: Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods -- Unit 25: Water Is an Essential Nutrient -- Unit 26: Nutrient-Gene Interactions in Health and Disease -- Unit 27: Nutrition and Physical Fitness for Everyone -- Unit 28: Nutrition and Physical Performance -- Unit 29: Good Nutrition for Life: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Infancy -- Unit 30: Nutrition for the Growing Years: Childhood through Adolescents -- Unit 31: Nutrition and Health Maintenance for Adults of All Ages -- Unit 32: The Multiple Dimensions of Food Safety -- Appendix A: Table of Food Composition. Appendix B: Reliable Sources of Nutrition Information. Appendix C: The U.S. Food Exchange System. Appendix D: Table of International Food Additives. Appendix E: Cells. Appendix F: WHO: Nutrition Recommendations Canada: Choice System and Guidelines. Glossary. Index.

Aims to help you learn basic nutrition principles and ways you can make the decisions for meeting your own nutrition needs. This book incorporates coverage of the research and various issues in nutrition. In features an interactive learning guide that includes various activities to help you assess and apply your knowledge.