Nutrition concepts and controversies
By: Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, Eleanor Noss Whitney.
Contributors: Whitney, Eleanor Noss.
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: Wadsworth Thomson Learning
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Australia
Number of pages: 578
ISBN-13: 9780534577995
Subjects: Nutrition.; Food.; Nutrition.
Table of contents: title: Food choices and human health; title: Nutrition tools: standards and guidelines; title: The remarkable body; title: The 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: Life cycle nutrition: mother and infant; title: Child, teen, and older adult; title: Food safety and food technology; title: Hunger and the global environment.