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Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach is the nutrition book that is all about YOU!

The personalized, consumer focus gives plenty of practical examples to help students learn about choosing foods and making decisions that are good for their health.
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Unit 1 Food Is More than Something to Eat
Module 1.1 Why Learn about Nutrition?
Module 1.2 Nutrition Basics
Module 1.3 Key Nutrition Concepts
Unit 2 Nutrition Information: Fact or Fiction?
Module 2.1 Nutrition: Science for Consumers
Module 2.2 Spreading Nutrition Misinformation
Module 2.3 Becoming a More Critical Consumer of Nutrition Information
Module 2.4 Seeking Reliable Nutrition Information
Unit 3 Making More Nutritious Choices
Module 3.1 Requirements and Recommendations
Module 3.2 Planning Nutritious Meals and Snacks
Module 3.3 Making Sense of Nutrition Labels
Module 3.4 Should I Take Dietary Supplements?
Unit 4 How Food Becomes You
Module 4.1: From Cells to Systems
Module 4.2: Digestive System
Module 4.3: Common Digestive System Disorders
Module 4.4: Metabolism Basics
Unit 5 Carbohydrates: Fuel and Fiber
Module 5.1 Sugars, Sweeteners, Starches, and Fiber
Module 5.2 What Happens to the Carbohydrates You Eat?
Module 5.3 Carbohydrates and Health
Unit 6 Lipids: Focusing on Fats and Cholesterol
Module 6.1: What Are Lipids?
Module 6.2: What Happens to the Fat and Cholesterol You Eat?
Module 6.3: Cardiovascular Disease: Major Killer of Americans
Unit 7 Proteins: Life’s Building Blocks
Module 7.1 What Are Proteins?
Module 7.2 What Happens to the Protein You Eat?
Module 7.3 Proteins in Foods
Module 7.4 What’s Vegetarianism?
Module 7.5 Proteins and Health
Unit 8 Vitamins: Nutrients that Multitask
Module 8.1 Introducing Vitamins
Module 8.2 Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Module 8.3 Water-Soluble Vitamins
Module 8.4 Vitamins and Cancer
Unit 9 Key Minerals, Water, and the Nonnutrient Alcohol
Module 9.1: Minerals for Life
Module 9.2: Key Minerals and Your Health
Module 9.3: Water: Liquid of Life
Module 9.4: Alcohol: Drink to Your Health?
Unit 10 Nutrition for a Healthy Weight and Fit Body
Module 10.1 Overweight or Obese?
Module 10.2 Factors that Influence Your Body Weight
Module 10.3 Managing Your Weight Safely
Module 10.4 Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders
Module 10.5 Get Moving; Get Healthy!
Unit 11 Nutrition for Your Life, Environment, and World
Module 11.1 Nutrition for a Lifetime
Module 11.2 How Safe Is My Food?
Module 11.3 Dietary Adequacy: A Global Concern

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Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach

Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach

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Table of Contents

Module 1.1 Why Learn about Nutrition?

Module 1.2 Nutrition Basics

Module 1.3 Key Nutrition Concepts

Unit 2 Nutrition Information: Fact or Fiction?

Module 2.1 Nutrition: Science for Consumers

Module 2.2 Spreading Nutrition Misinformation

Module 2.3 Becoming a More Critical Consumer of Nutrition Information

Module 2.4 Seeking Reliable Nutrition Information

Unit 3 Making More Nutritious Choices

Module 3.1 Requirements and Recommendations

Module 3.2 Planning Nutritious Meals and Snacks

Module 3.3 Making Sense of Nutrition Labels

Module 3.4 Should I Take Dietary Supplements?

Unit 4 How Food Becomes You

Module 4.1: From Cells to Systems

Module 4.2: Digestive System

Module 4.3: Common Digestive System Disorders

Module 4.4: Metabolism Basics

Unit 5 Carbohydrates: Fuel and Fiber

Module 5.1 Sugars, Sweeteners, Starches, and Fiber

Module 5.2 What Happens to the Carbohydrates You Eat?

Module 5.3 Carbohydrates and Health

Unit 6 Lipids: Focusing on Fats and Cholesterol

Module 6.1: What Are Lipids?

Module 6.2: What Happens to the Fat and Cholesterol You Eat?

Module 6.3: Cardiovascular Disease: Major Killer of Americans

Unit 7 Proteins: Life’s Building Blocks

Module 7.1 What Are Proteins?

Module 7.2 What Happens to the Protein You Eat?

Module 7.3 Proteins in Foods

Module 7.4 What’s Vegetarianism?

Module 7.5 Proteins and Health

Unit 8 Vitamins: Nutrients that Multitask

Module 8.1 Introducing Vitamins

Module 8.2 Fat-Soluble Vitamins

Module 8.3 Water-Soluble Vitamins

Module 8.4 Vitamins and Cancer

Unit 9 Key Minerals, Water, and the Nonnutrient Alcohol

Module 9.1: Minerals for Life

Module 9.2: Key Minerals and Your Health

Module 9.3: Water: Liquid of Life

Module 9.4: Alcohol: Drink to Your Health?

Unit 10 Nutrition for a Healthy Weight and Fit Body

Module 10.1 Overweight or Obese?

Module 10.2 Factors that Influence Your Body Weight

Module 10.3 Managing Your Weight Safely

Module 10.4 Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders

Module 10.5 Get Moving; Get Healthy!

Unit 11 Nutrition for Your Life, Environment, and World

Module 11.1 Nutrition for a Lifetime

Module 11.2 How Safe Is My Food?

Module 11.3 Dietary Adequacy: A Global Concern

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