Main description:

"Contemporary Nutrition, Seventh Edition" is designed for students with little or no background in college-level biology, chemistry or physiology. It will provide students who lack a strong science background the ideal balance of reliable nutrition information and practical consumer-oriented knowledge. With their friendly writing style, the authors act as the student's personal guide to dispelling common misconceptions and to gaining a solid foundation for making informed nutrition choices.

Contents:

NUTRITION: A KEY TO HEALTH 1: What You Eat and Why 2: Guidelines for Designing a Healthy Diet 3: The Human Body: A Nutrition Perspective ENERGY NUTRIENTS AND ENERGY BALANCE 4: Carbohydrates 5: Lipids 6: Proteins 7: Energy Balance and Weight Maintenance VITAMINS, MINERALS AND WATER 8: Vitamins v 9: Water and Minerals NUTRITION: BEYOND THE NUTRIENTS 10: Nutrition: Fitness and Sports 11: Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Other Conditions 12: Food Safety 13: Undernutrition throughout the World NUTRITION: A FOCUS ON THE LIFE STAGES 14: Pregnancy and Breastfeeding 15: Nutrition from Infancy through Adolescence 16: Nutrition during Adulthood APPENDIXES: A: Solutions to Case Studies and Check Your Knowledge B: Daily Values Used in Food Labels C: Dietary Advice for Canadians D: The Exchange System E: Dietary Intake and Energy Expenditure Assessment F: Chemical Structures in Nutrition G: Height-Weight Tables H: Sources of Nutrition Information I: English-Metric Conversions