| Description |
xviii, 597 pages, 227 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Food choices and human health -- Nutrition tools: standards & guidelines -- Carbohydrates: sugar, starch, glycogen, and fiber -- The lipids: fats, oils, phospholipids, and sterols -- The proteins and amino acids -- The vitamins -- Water and minerals -- Energy balance and healthy body weight -- Nutrients, physical activity, and the body's responses -- Diet and health -- Food safety and food technology -- Life cycle nutrition: mother and infant -- Child, teen, and older adult -- Hunger and the global environment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Food.
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Nutrition.
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Physical fitness -- Nutritional aspects.
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Cooking.
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Food.
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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| Author |
Whitney, Eleanor Noss.
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| LC no. |
2010922624 |
| ISBN |
0538496835 (loose-leaf edition) |
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0538734949 (paperback: student edition) |
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9780538496834 (looseleaf edition) |
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9780538734943 (paperback: student edition) |
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