Diet and Nutrition Sourcebook
Subtitle: Basic Information About Nutrition, Including the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Food Guide Pyramid, and Their Applications in Daily Diet (Health Reference Series)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: August 1996
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich.
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 662
ISBN-13: 9780780800847
Subjects: Reference; Nutrition; Nutrition And Public Health; Health & Fitness; Consumer Health; Diet / Health / Fitness; Diet/Nutrition; Diets - General; Healthy Living
Table of contents: title: The foundations of good nutrition. Dietary guidelines for Americans -- The food guide pyramid -- Vitamins and health -- Applying the dietary guidelines. Good nutrition for the highchair set -- Healthy eating is a family affair -- On the teen scene : good news about good nutrition -- On the teen scene : should you go on a diet? -- All about eating for two : diet and pregnancy -- Food facts for older adults -- Eating better when eating out -- Current issues in nutrition. Artificial sweetners : sweetness minus calories = controversy -- Calcium and osteoperosis : maintaining a healthy skeleton -- Consumer guide to fats -- Fiber : something healthy to chew on -- Illnesses and injuries associated with the use of selected dietary supplements -- Monosodium glutamate (MSG) -- Never say diet? -- The facts about weight loss products and programs -- Vegetarian diets : the pluses and pitfalls -- The food label. Answers to consumer questions about the food label -- The new food label : making it easier to shed pounds -- The new food label : scouting for sodium and other nutrients important to blood pressure -- The new food label : better information for special diets -- The new food label : coping with diabetes -- Labeling rules for young children’s food -- A little ‘lite’ reading -- Recent developments in nutritional research. Bioavalability : how the nutrients in food become available to our bodies -- Energy metabolism -- Nutrition, brain function, and behavior -- Nutrition and a robust immune system -- Recent advances in maternal and infant nutrition -- Recent advances in nutrition : from adolescence to adulthood -- Nutrition in public health. Feeding America’s future : USDA’s child nutrition programs -- Food and nutrition service programs serving special populations -- Gleaning -- Helping low-income Americans with USDA commodities -- A sturdy safety net : food stamps -- Appendix A : advice on purchasing foods.  How to buy cheese -- How to buy dairy products -- How to buy dry beans, peas and lentils -- How to buy eggs -- How to buy fresh fruits -- How to buy canned and frozen fruits -- How to buy meat -- How to buy poultry -- How to buy fresh vegetables -- How to buy canned and frozen vegetables -- For oyster and clam lovers, the water must be clean -- Is something fishy going on? Appendix B : advice on safe food handling and preparation. Handling eggs safely at home -- A consumer guide to safe handling and preparation of ground meat and poultry -- Food irradiation : toxic to bacteria, safe for humans -- Food safety and the microwave -- What happens if the packaging gets into the food? Appendix C : sources of additional in formation. Getting information from FDA -- Where to get more nutrition information -- Additional information sources cited in this book.