Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach - Brossura

Schiff, Wendy

9780073402574: Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0073402575 ISBN 13: 9780073402574

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014

Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach is the nutrition book that is all about YOU!

� The personalized, consumer focus gives plenty of practical examples to help students learn about choosing foods and making decisions that are good for their health.
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Nutrition is more than vegetables. Find out how we’re making it PERSONAL!

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L'autore:

Wendy J. Schiff MS, RDN received her BS in biological health/medical dietetics and MS in human nutrition from The Pennsylvania State University. She has taught introductory foods and nutrition courses at the University of Missouri Columbia as well as nutrition, human biology, and personal health courses at St. Louis Community CollegeMeramec. She has worked as a public health nutritionist at the Allegheny County Health Department (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and State Food and Nutrition Specialist for Missouri Extension at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. In addition to authoring Nutrition for Healthy Living and Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach, Wendy has coauthored a college-level personal health textbook and authored many other nutrition-related educational materials. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist and a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Contenuti:

Unit 1 Food Is More than Something to Eat

Module 1.1 Why Learn about Nutrition?
Module 1.2 Nutrition Basics
Module 1.3 Key Nutrition Concepts

Unit 2 Nutrition Information: Fact or Fiction?

Module 2.1 Nutrition: Science for Consumers
Module 2.2 Spreading Nutrition Misinformation
Module 2.3 Becoming a More Critical Consumer of Nutrition Information
Module 2.4 Seeking Reliable Nutrition Information
Unit 3 Making More Nutritious Choices
Module 3.1 Requirements and Recommendations
Module 3.2 Planning Nutritious Meals and Snacks
Module 3.3 Making Sense of Nutrition Labels
Module 3.4 Should I Take Dietary Supplements?
Unit 4 How Food Becomes You
Module 4.1: From Cells to Systems
Module 4.2: Digestive System
Module 4.3: Common Digestive System Disorders
Module 4.4: Metabolism Basics
Unit 5 Carbohydrates: Fuel and Fiber
Module 5.1 Sugars, Sweeteners, Starches, and Fiber
Module 5.2 What Happens to the Carbohydrates You Eat?
Module 5.3 Carbohydrates and Health
Unit 6 Lipids: Focusing on Fats and Cholesterol
Module 6.1: What Are Lipids?
Module 6.2: What Happens to the Fat and Cholesterol You Eat?
Module 6.3: Cardiovascular Disease: Major Killer of Americans

Unit 7 Proteins: Life’s Building Blocks
Module 7.1 What Are Proteins?
Module 7.2 What Happens to the Protein You Eat?
Module 7.3 Proteins in Foods
Module 7.4 What’s Vegetarianism?
Module 7.5 Proteins and Health
Unit 8 Vitamins: Nutrients that Multitask
Module 8.1 Introducing Vitamins
Module 8.2 Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Module 8.3 Water-Soluble Vitamins
Module 8.4 Vitamins and Cancer
Unit 9 Key Minerals, Water, and the Nonnutrient Alcohol
Module 9.1: Minerals for Life
Module 9.2: Key Minerals and Your Health
Module 9.3: Water: Liquid of Life
Module 9.4: Alcohol: Drink to Your Health?
Unit 10 Nutrition for a Healthy Weight and Fit Body
Module 10.1 Overweight or Obese?
Module 10.2 Factors that Influence Your Body Weight
Module 10.3 Managing Your Weight Safely
Module 10.4 Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders
Module 10.5 Get Moving; Get Healthy!
Unit 11 Nutrition for Your Life, Environment, and World
Module 11.1 Nutrition for a Lifetime
Module 11.2 How Safe Is My Food?
Module 11.3 Dietary Adequacy: A Global Concern

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