Title: Nutrition and Health
First published: April 25, 2002
Description: Nutrition and Health is an easy-to-read introduction to the role of the human diet in maintaining a healthy body and preventing disease. Wiseman provides a concise overview of all important aspects of diet and health including:* definitions of food types* energy requirements, exercise, obesity and eating disorders* nutrition in pregnancy, children and the elderly* food additives and interpreting food labels* food-borne illness, intolerance and allergy* vitamins, minerals, and water requirementsHighlighted with key points, figures and examples throughout, this text is an ideal introduction for all students of biology, medicine, nursing and midwifery.
Subjects: Business, Management, Nonfiction, Nutrition, Diet therapy, Diet, Saúde (prevenção e controle), Nutrição humana, Einführung, Gesunde Ernährung, Dietoterapia, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Diet in disease, Diétothérapie, Régimes alimentaires, HEALTH & FITNESS, Diets, MEDICAL, Nursing, Food Content Guides