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The Science of Nutrition
ISBN: 9780805394351 | 0805394354
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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The Science of Nutrition offers a rigorous, science-based approach to nutrition that capitalizes on students' natural interest in nutrition by demonstrating how nutrition relates to their own health. The text is uniquely organized using an applied approach which organizes vitamins and minerals based on their functions and effects on the body.This applied approach is most evident in the functional organization of the micronutrient (vitamin and mineral) chapters. Rather than requiring students to memorize all the vitamins and minerals and their c... MORE
| The Role of Nutrition in Our Health | |
| Designing a Healthful Diet | |
| The Human Body: Are We Really What We Eat? | |
| Carbohydrates: Bountiful Sources of Energy and Nutrients | |
| Fat: An Essential Energy-Supplying Nutrient | |
| Proteins: Crucial Components of All Body Tissues | |
| Metabolism: From Food to Life | |
| Nutrients Involved in Energy Metabolism | |
| N... MORE | |
| Nutrients Involved in Antioxidant Function | |
| Nutrients Involved in Bone Health | |
| Nutrients Involved in Blood Health and Immunity | |
| Achieving and Maintaining a Healthful Body Weight | |
| Nutrition and Physical Activity: Keys to Good Health | |
| Disordered Eating | |
| Food Safety and Technology: Impact on Consumers | |
| Nutrition Through the Lifecycle: Pregnancy and the First Year of Life | |
| Nutrition Through the Lifecycle: Childhood and Adolescence | |
| Nutrition Through the Lifecycle: Adulthood and the Later Years | |
| Global Nutrition | |
| Appendices: Nutrient Values of Foods | |
| Calculations and Conversions, Nutrition and Physical Activity Recommendations for Canadians; Traditional Organization of Micronutrients | |
| Caffeine Content of Foods | |
| U.S. Exchange Lists | |
| Stature-for-Age Charts | |
| Organizations and Resources | |
| A&P Review | |
| Basic Chemistry Review | |
| Biochemical Structures and Pathways | |
| Review of Nutrition Assessment | |
| Protein Quality/Fatty Acids in Foods | |
| Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions | |
| Glossary | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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