Human nutrition : healthy options for life /

Anderson, John J. B.

Human nutrition : healthy options for life / by John J.B. Anderson, Martin M. Root, Sanford C. Garner. - Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2015. - xxii, 616 pages : color illustrations ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diet, eating patterns, and nutrients -- Food composition and food guidance -- Digestion of foods and absorption of nutrients -- Energy and uses in body functions -- Carbohydrates and type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Fats, other lipids, and cardiovascular diseases -- Protein and uses in body functions -- Vitamins and uses in body functions -- Water and minerals -- Nutrition during pregnancy, lactation, and infancy -- Nutrition across the life cycle : childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and elderly periods -- Obesity and weight control -- Nutritional needs during exercise and athletics -- Nutrition and chronic diseases : diet-related cancers and other diseases -- Nutrition and hunger : world and USA -- Human nutrition : healthy options for life.

9781449698744 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1449698743 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Food.
Nutrition.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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