Human Nutrition - E-Book: Human Nutrition - E-Book

by MS Geissler BDS, PhD Powers BSc

Overview

This title is now available under ISBN 9780702044632. This 12th edition of Human Nutrition has been fully updated by a renowned team of international experts to ensure to ensure authoritative content and a global perspective. It provides a comprehensive resource for all those in the field of nutrition and other health sciences. Comprehensive coverage of nutrition in one, concise volume with additional material and interactive exercises on website.A similar logical chapter structure throughout and textbook features in each chapter - learning objectives, key point summaries and text boxes - facilitate learning and revision.Incorporates latest research, for example on organic foods and sustainable agriculture.Team of contributors of international repute from 11 countries guarantees authoritative text. - New chapter on dietary reference values N - New section on electrolytes and water balance - Expanded section on HIV - Website: - updating between editions - online-only chapters on food commodities, e.g. cereals, vegetables and fruit, meat, fish, egg, milk and milk products - online examples of calculations and interactive exercises.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702044373
Publisher:	Churchill Livingstone, Inc.
Publication date:	10/04/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	760
File size:	11 MB
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Table of Contents

Contents Part 1 – Food and nutrients 1 Food and nutrients 2 Food and nutrient structure Part 2 – Body composition and macronutrient metabolism 3 The physiology of nutrient digestion and absorption 4 Body size and composition 5 Energy balance and body weight regulation 6 Carbohydrate metabolism 7 Fat metabolism 8 Protein metabolism and requirements 9 Alcohol metabolism: implications for nutrition and health Part 3 – Micronutrient function 10 Water-soluble vitamins 11 Fat-soluble vitamins 12 Minerals and trace elements 13 Inter-micronutrient topics Part 4 – Dietary requirements for specific groups 14 Infancy, childhood and adolescence 15 Prepregnancy, pregnancy and lactation 16 Ageing and older people 17 Vegetarian diets 18 Dietary considerations for sport and exercise Part 5 – Clinical Nutrition 19 Cardiovascular disease 20 Obesity 21 Diabetes mellitus 22 Cancers 23 Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract 24 Nutrition and the skeleton 25 Dental diseases 26 Immune function, food allergies and food intolerance 27 Eating disorders 28 Deficiency diseases 29 Diet and genocide interactions – nutritional genomics Part 6 – Public health nutrition 30 The science of epidemiology 31 Nutritional assessment methods 32 Food supply, factors affecting production, trade and access 33 Food and nutrition policies and interventions Glossary Abbreviations Appendix: Dietary reference values Index