| Description |
xxx, 688 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Food choices : nutrients and nourishment -- Nutrition guidelines : tools for a healthful diet -- Complementary nutrition : functional foods and dietary supplements -- The human body : from food to fuel -- Carbohydrates : simple sugars and complex chains -- Spotlight on alcohol -- Lipids : not just fat -- Proteins and amino acids : function follows form -- Spotlight on metabolism -- Energy balance and weight management : finding your equilibrium -- Vitamins : vital keys to health -- Water and minerals : the ocean within -- Sports nutrition : eating for peak performance -- Spotlight on eating disorders -- Life cycle : maternal & infant nutrition -- Life cycle : from childhood through adulthood -- Food safety and technology : microbial threats and genetic engineering -- World view of nutrition : the faces of global malnutrition |
| Summary |
Discovering Nutrition, Fourth Edition is a student-friendly introduction to nutrition on a non-majors level. Coverage of material such as digestion, metabolism, chemistry, and life cycle nutrition is clearly written, accessible, and engaging to undergraduate students. Includes new section on diet and health, including obesity and physical activity |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Discovering nutrition / Paul Insel, R. Elaine Turner, Don Ross. 3rd ed. c2010 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nutrition -- Textbooks.
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Diet.
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Diet.
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Insel, Paul M.
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Insel, Paul M.
Discovering nutrition
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| LC no. |
2011046146 |
| ISBN |
1449632947 |
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1449661335 |
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9781449632946 |
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9781449661335 |
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