Nutrition Through the Life Cycle
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781904007401
Subjects: Dietetics & nutrition; Health/Fitness; Health & Fitness; Science; Chemistry - General; Food Science; Nutrition; Technology / Food Industry & Science
First sentence: Most texts on the subject of nutrition approach it from the viewpoint of the various nutrients present in food in our daily diet; provide information on the chemical structure of the nutrient, its important biological actions and their physiological role in the body; highlight the important sources of these nutrients in the foods that compose our daily diet; explain how the nutrients are made available to the body from the food ingested; and provide descriptions of the various pathological conditions that are associated with their deficiency or excess.