| Description |
pages ; cm |
| Contents |
Diet, eating patterns, and nutrients -- Food composition and food guidance -- Digestion of foods and absorption of nutrients -- Energy and uses in body functions -- Carbohydrates and type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Fats, other lipids, and cardiovascular diseases -- Protein and uses in body functions -- Vitamins and uses in body functions -- Water and minerals -- Nutrition during pregnancy, lactation, and infancy -- Nutrition across the life cycle : childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and elderly periods -- Obesity and weight control -- Nutritional needs during exercise and athletics -- Nutrition and chronic diseases : diet-related cancers and other diseases -- Nutrition and hunger : world and USA -- Human nutrition : healthy options for life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Food.
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Nutrition.
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Food.
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| Author |
Root, Martin Menzo, 1951- author
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Garner, Sanford C., author
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| LC no. |
2013035512 |
| ISBN |
9781449647414 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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