An edition of Perspectives in nutrition (1990)

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An edition of Perspectives in nutrition (1990)

Perspectives in nutrition

4th ed.
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Whet your learning appetites with a nutrition text that is loaded with all the right ingredients. Expert opinions: read what the experts in their field have to say about timely, and sometimes controversial, topics. Website addresses: explore the vast resources of the Internet with relevant website addresses provided throughout the text. Updated and expanded coverage: stay on top of today's important nutrition issues, such as heart disease, phytochemicals, food-borne illness, the impact of welfare reform on U.S. hunger, and much, much more. - Back cover.

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WCB/McGraw-Hill
Language
English
Pages
728

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Cover of: Perspectives in Nutrition
Perspectives in Nutrition
January 2007, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Hardcover in English
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Perspectives in nutrition: Ri Ctb
September 1, 2001, McGraw-Hill Education
Unknown Binding in English
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Perspectives in nutrition
1999, WCB/McGraw-Hill
Hardcover in English - 4th ed.
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Perspectives in Nutrition: Ri Ctb Win
November 1, 1998, McGraw-Hill Education
Unknown Binding in English
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Perspectives in Nutrition: Ri Im/Tif
October 1, 1998, McGraw-Hill Education
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Perspectives in nutrition
1996, Mosby
in English - 3rd ed.
Cover of: Perspectives in nutrition
Perspectives in nutrition
1993, Mosby
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: Perspectives in Nutrition
Perspectives in Nutrition: Student Study Guide
December 1992, Mosby-Year Book
Paperback in English - 2 edition
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Perspectives in nutrition
1990, Times Mirror/Mosby College Pub.
in English

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Table of Contents

Part one : Nutrition basics.
What nourishes you?
The basics of a healthy diet
Part two : The energy-yielding nutrients.
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Digestion and absorbtion
Part three : Energy production and energy balance.
Metabolism
Energy balance and weight control
Nutrition for fitness
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Part four : The vitamins and minerals.
The fat-soluble vitamins
The water-soluble vitamins
Water and the major minerals
The trace minerals
Part five : Nutrition applications in the life cycle.
Pregnancy and breast feeding
Nutrition from infancy through adolescence
Nutrition during adulthood
Part six : Putting nutrition knowledge into practice.
Food safety
Undernutrition throughout the world
Appendixes.
Food composition table
Chemistry : a tool for understanding nutrition
Dietary advice for Canadians
Exchange system lists
Dietary intake and energy expenditure assessment
Fatty acids, including Omega-3 fatty acids in foods
Determination of frame size
Caffeine content of foods
Prenatal weight gain chart
Sources of nutrition information
English-Metric conversions and metric units
Answers to nutrition awareness inventories
Answers to critical thinking questions
Glossary

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Boston

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
613.2
Library of Congress
QP141 .W38 1999

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xvi, 728, [188] p. :
Number of pages
728
Dimensions
29 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL353337M
ISBN 10
0070920788
ISBN 13
9780070920781
LCCN
98012998
Library Thing
1371382
Goodreads
6499826

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OL1853613W

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