"Fundamentals of Human Nutrition" is an authoritative overview that will help you understand the complex subject of human nutrition. This book is a digest of material from the highly successful "Human Nutrition, 11th Edition". "Fundamentals" is intended for a wide readership of students and practitioners who need a broad understanding of human nutrition, but for whom an in-depth knowledge is not essential. Students and practitioners of nursing, pharmacy, sports science, dentistry and other allied health professions, as well as the interested lay person, will benefit from its easy-to-follow, concise approach.
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Chapter 1 The Importance of Nutrition Chapter 2 Body Composition and Energy balance Chapter 3 Food consumption Chapter 4 Main dietary components Chapter 5 Minor dietary components Chapter 6 Diet and the lifecycle Chapter 7 Diet for sport and exercise Chapter 8 Diet and disease Chapter 9 Nutrition and the hard tissues Chapter 10 Diet and the gastrointestinal tract Chapter 11 Diet and genotype interactions: nutritional genomics Chapter 12 Nutritional epidemiology and nutritional assessment Chapter 13 Public Health Nutrition Appendices: Glossary Dietary reference values Index
