Contemporary Nutrition: Issues and Insights with Food Wise CD-ROM - Brossura

Wardlaw, Gordon M.

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ISBN 10: 0072560398 ISBN 13: 9780072560398

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2002

Riassunto

For students who lack a strong science background, Contemporary Nutrition provides the ideal balance of reliable nutrition information and practical consumer-oriented knowledge. With his friendly writing style, Gordon Wardlaw acts as the student's personal guide to dispelling common misconceptions and to gaining a solid foundation for making informed nutrition choices.

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L'autore:

Gordon Wardlaw is Associate Professor of Medical Dietetics in the School of Allied Medical Professions at Ohio State University. He received his Ph.D. in Nutrition from Iowa State University, his MPH in Public Health Nutrition, his RD and his BS in Food and Nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to conducting research, Dr. Wardlaw teaches a wide range of courses at OSU including Nutrition and Human Metabolism, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Research Application in Dietetics, Advanced Medical Dietetics Nutrition Care Process, Nutrition in Metabolic Imbalance, and Advanced Clinical Practice. He is the recipient of the American Dietetic Association's Mary P. Huddleson Award , is a full member of the American Institute of Nutrition and is certified as a Specialist in Human Nutrition by the American Board of Nutrition .

Contenuti:

Part 1 Nutrition: A Key to Health

1 What You Eat and Why

2 Tools for Diet Design

3 The Human Body: A Nutrition Perspective

Part 2 Nutrients and Alcohol: The Heart of Nutrition

4 Carbohydrates

5 Lipids

6 Proteins

Part 3 Vitamins and Minerals

7 Alcohol

8 Vitamins

9 Water and Minerals

Part 4 Energy Balance and Imbalance

10 Weight Control

11 Nutrition: Fitness and Sport

12 Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Other Conditions

Part 5 Nutrition: A Focus on Life Stages

13 Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

14 Nutrition from Infancy through Adolescence

15 Nutrition through Adulthood

Part 6 Nutrition Beyond the Nutrients

16 Food Safety

17 Undernutrition throughout the World

Appendixes

Answers to Critical Thinking Questions

Glossary

Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0072560398
• ISBN 13: 9780072560398
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5