Nutrition
Subtitle: concepts and controversies
By: Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, Ellie Whitney.
Contributors: Whitney, Eleanor Noss.
Edition: 10th ed.
Publisher: Thomson Wadsworth
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Australia; Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1
Subjects: Nutrition; Food
Other titles: Dietary guidelines for Americans 2005.
Notes: Includes index and bibliographical references.
Includes laminated insert with title: Dietary guidelines for Americans 2005.
Table of contents: title: Food choices and human health; title: Nutrition tools, standards and guidelines; title: Remarkable body; title: Carbohydrates, sugar, starch, glycogen, and fiber; title: Lipids, fats, oils, phospholipids, and sterols; title: Proteins and amino acids; title: 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; title: Appendixes: Table of food composition; Canadiana, recommendations, choice system, and labels; Aids to calculations; U.S. food exchange system; Nutrition resources; Notes; Answers to self check questions; Physical activity and energy requirements; Food patterns to meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005; title: Glossary.