Encyclopedia of human nutrition
By: editor-in-chief, Benjamin Caballero ; editors, Lindsay Allen, Andrew Prentice
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Elsevier/Academic Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Amsterdam [Netherlands]; Boston
Language: eng
Format: hardcover [4 volumes]
Subjects: Nutrition; Encyclopedias; Dietetics
Description: "This encyclopedia contains signed articles with bibliographies written by an international group of distinguished academics, research scientists, and food-industry professionals. The alphabetical entries cover the scientific, political, and social aspects of nutrition. Among the subjects included are individual nutrients and foods, anatomy and physiology, nutritional therapy for diseases and conditions, and subjects such as nutritional management of refugees, nutrition education, religious customs, and folklore. Appendixes with charts of weights and measures, nutritional allowances, and nutritional content of foods appear in each volume. In-depth coverage of the scientific, political, and social aspects of nutrition set this work apart from other reference sources in the field."--"Outstanding reference sources 2000", American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: LIST OF ENTRIES:; title: v. 1. Adipose tissue -- Adolescents -- Aging -- Alcohol -- Aluminum -- Amino Acids -- Anemia -- Antioxidants -- Appetite -- Arthritis -- Ascorbic Acid -- Behavior -- Bioavailability -- Biotin -- Body Composition -- Bone -- Brain and Nervous System -- Breast Feeding -- Burns Patients -- Caffeine -- Calcium -- [Calories : see energy] -- Cancer -- Carbohydrates -- Carotenoids -- Cereal Grains -- Children -- Cholesterol -- Choline and Phosphatidylcholine -- Chromium -- Cobalamins -- Celiac Disease -- Cofactors -- Colon -- Complementary Feeding -- Copper -- Coronary Heart Disease -- Cystic Fibrosis -- Cytokines -- Dairy Products -- Dehydration -- Dental Disease -- Diabetes Mellitus -- Diarrheal Diseases -- Dietary Fiber -- v. 2. Dietary Guidelines, International Perspectives -- Dietary Intake Measurement -- Dietary Surveys -- Dietetics -- Drug-Nutrient Interactions -- Early Origins of Disease -- Eating Disorders -- Eggs -- Electrolytes -- Energy -- Energy Expenditure -- Exercise -- Famine -- Fats and Oils -- Fatty Acids -- Fertility -- Fish -- Folic Acid -- Food Allergies -- Food Choice, Influencing Factors -- Food Composition Data -- Food Folklore -- Food Fortification -- Food Intolerance -- Food Safety -- Fructose -- Fruits and Vegetables -- Functional Foods -- Galactose -- Gall Bladder Disorders -- Glucose -- Glycemic Index -- Gout -- Growth and Development, Physiological Aspects -- Growth Monitoring -- Handicap -- Homocysteine -- Hunger -- Hyperactivity -- Hyperlipidemia -- Hypertension -- Hypoglycemia -- v. 3. Immunity -- Inborn Errors of Metabolism -- Infants -- Infection -- Iodine -- Iron -- Ketosis -- Lactation -- Lactose Intolerance -- Legumes -- Lipids -- Lipoproteins -- Liver Disorders -- Low Birthweight and Preterm Infants -- Lung Diseases -- Lycopenes and Related Compounds -- Magnesium -- Malabsorption Syndromes -- Malnutrition -- Manganese -- Meal Size and Frequency -- Meat, Poultry and Meat Products -- Microbiota of the Intestine -- Niacin -- Nucleic Acids -- Nutrient-Gene Interactions -- Nutrient Requirements, International Perspectives -- Nutrition Policies In Developing and Developed Countries -- Nutrition Transition, Diet Change and its Implications -- Nutritional Assessment -- Nutritional Support -- Nutritional Surveillance -- Nuts and Seeds -- Obesity -- Older People -- Osteoporosis -- Pantothenic Acid -- Parasitism -- Pellagra -- Phosphorus -- Phytochemicals -- Potassium -- Pregnancy -- v. 4. Premenstrual Syndrome -- Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes -- Protein -- Refugees -- Religious Customs, Influence on Diet -- Riboflavin -- Seasonality -- Selenium -- Small Intestine -- Socio-economic Status -- Sodium -- Sports Nutrition -- Starvation and Fasting -- Stomach -- Stroke, Nutritional Management -- Sucrose -- Supplementation -- Surgery -- Tea -- Thiamin -- Thirst -- Tuberculosis -- Ultratrace Elements -- United Nations Children's Fund -- Urban Nutrition -- Vegetarian Diets -- Vitamin A -- Vitamin B6 -- Vitamin D -- Vitamin E -- Vitamin K -- Weight Management -- Whole Grains -- World Health Organization -- Zinc --