Food choices : nutrients and nourishment -- Nutrition guidelines : tools for healthful diet -- 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 -- Vitamins : vital keys to health -- Spotlight on dietary supplements and functional foods -- Water and minerals : the ocean within -- Spotlight on metabolism and energy balance -- Nutrition for physical performance -- Spotlight on eating disorders -- Diet and health -- Spotlight on obesity and weight management -- Life cycle : maternal and infant nutrition -- Life cycle : from childhood to adulthood -- Spotlight on world nutrition : the faces of global malnutrition -- Food safety and technology : microbial threats and genetic engineering.
Summary:
Incorporating the latest research and dietary guidelines, Discovering Nutrition, Sixth Edition, introduces students to the fundamentals of nutrition with an engaging and personalized approach. Written with a diverse student population of nutrition majors and non-majors in mind, this text focuses on teaching behavior change and personal decision making with an emphasis on how our nutritional behaviors influence lifelong personal health and wellness, while also presenting up-to-date scientific concepts in a number of innovative ways.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.