Nutrition
By: Sharon Zoumbaris.
Series: Health and medical issues today; Health and medical issues today
Publisher: Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780313349850
Subjects: Nutrition; Nutrition -- Requirements; Nutrition -- Genetic aspects; Nutrition policy; Nutritional Requirements; Diet; Food; Nutrigenomics; Nutrition Policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of nutrition and the future of nutrigenomics; title: Basics and principles of nutrition and its practitioners; title: Nutrition guidelines and the government's role; title: Food irradiation : past its shelf life?; title: Genetically modified food : are we playing God?; title: Vitamins and supplements : a love-hate relationship; title: Vegetarians : you are what you eat; title: Organic food : better or just more expensive?; title: From the field to the table : how safe is our food?; title: Bans on fast food and junk food : who wins, who loses?