Nutrition
Subtitle: concepts and controversies
By: Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, Ellie Whitney
Contributors: Whitney, Eleanor Noss
Edition: 12th ed.
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Australia; Belmont, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9780538496834; 9780538734943
Subjects: Food; Nutrition; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Food choices and human health; title: Nutrition tools: standards & guidelines; title: 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.