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.