Understanding Nutrition Fifth Edition – Ebook PDF Instant Delivery – ISBN(s): 9780170457972,0170457974
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0534533353
- ISBN-13 : 978-0534533359
- Author: Ellie Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes, Tim Crowe, Adam Walsh
This is a comprehensive introductory text that covers both normal and clinical nutrition with an emphasis on the underlying chemical processes. It contains seventeen chapters from UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION, SEVENTH EDITION, with slight modifications that reflect the latest 1997 information. There are an additional thirteen clinical chapters that cover the nutrition care process and diet therapy organized by organ systems/disease states.
Table contents:
1. An overview of nutrition
2. Planning a healthy diet
3. Digestion, absorption and transport
4. The carbohydrates: sugar, starches and dietary fibre
5. The lipids: triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols
6. Protein: amino acids
7. Metabolism: transformations and interactions
8. Energy balance and body composition
9. Weight management: overweight, obesity and underweight
10. The water-soluble vitamins: B group vitamins and vitamin C
11. The fat-soluble vitamins: A, D, E, and K
12. Water and the major minerals
13. The trace minerals
14. Fitness: physical activity, nutrients, and body adaptations
15. Life cycle nutrition: pregnancy and lactation
16. Life cycle nutrition: infancy, childhood and adolescence
17. Life cycle nutrition: adulthood and the later years
18. Diet-related disease
19. Consumer concerns about foods and water
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