Nutrition
Subtitle: concepts and controversies
By: Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, Ellie Whitney, Leonard A. Piché
Contributors: Piché, Leonard A., 1950-; Whitney, Eleanor Noss
Edition: 2nd Canadian ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780176502584; 9780176609252
Subjects: Nutrition; Textbooks; Food; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Aliments; Manuels; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Notes: Includes access code to Infotrac college edition, the online library.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Food choices and human health; title: Nutrition tools; title: standards and guidelines; title: The remarkable body; title: The carbohydrates : sugar, starch, glycogen, and fiber; title: The lipids : fats, oils, phospholipids, and sterols; title: The proteins and amino acids; title: The vitamins; title: Water and minerals; title: Energy balance and healthy body weight; title: Nutrients, physical activity, and the body's responses; title: Diet and health; title: Food safety and food technology; title: Life cycle nutrition, mother and infant; title: Child, teen, and older adult; title: Hunger and the global environment.