Jr. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif., USA, 1992. This is a well presented textbook for the teaching of the characteristics of the vitamins based on a course that the author developed at Cornell University. For each vitamin it covers chemical and physical properties as well as the metabolism and consequences of deficiency and excess. Separate chapters describe sources of the vitamins, assessing vitamin status. quantifying vitamin requirements, and vitamin safety. An innovative feature is a representative case study of the deficiency of each vitamin.
Technical terms are exceptionally well defined and reading lists provided for each chapter.
Teachers and students both will enjoy using this text. David L. Pelletier. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Ithaca, N.Y., USA, 1991. This monograph explores the evidence for the relationship between malnutrition as judged by anthropometric measures and growth failure and morbidity and mortality. The association between severe malnutrition and growth faltering and morbidity and mortality is well established.