Description
Book SynopsisFollowing the tradition of its predecessor, the fifth edition of Nutrition: Maintaining and Improving Health continues to offer a wide-ranging coverage of all aspects of nutrition while providing new information to this edition including:
- Increased coverage of experimental and observational methods used in nutrition
- In-depth focus on the nutritional implications of the increased adoption of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles
- Streamlined referencing - a short selected list of key references at the end of each chapter with URL links to free additional resources where possible
- Discussion of nutrition debates
- Critical coverage of medicinal uses of food including superfoods, functional foods and dietary supplements
- Updated bullet point summaries of key points after each major topic within each chapter
The author provides an evidence-based evaluation of many key
Table of Contents
Part One – Concepts and Principles. Changing Priorities for nutrition Education. Food Selection. Methods of Nutritional Selection and Surveillance. Methods to Establish Links between Diet and Chronic Disease. Dietary Guidelines and Recommendations. Cellular Energetics. Part Two – Energy, Energy Balance and Obesity. Introduction to Energy Aspects of Nutrition. Energy Balance and its Regulation. Obesity. Part Three – The Nutrients. Carbohydrates. Protein and Amino Acids. Fats. Micronutrients. Vitamins. Minerals. Part Four - Variation in Nutritional Requirements and Priorities. Nutrition and the Human Lifecycle. Nutrition as Treatment. The Safety and Quality of Food.
