Understanding nutrition /
Whitney, Eleanor Noss
Understanding nutrition / Ellie Whitney and Sharon Rady Rolfes - Tenth edition. - Australia : Thomson Wadsworth, c2005 - xviii, various pagings : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
An overviewof nutrition -- Planning a healthy diet -- Digestion, Absorption, and transport -- The carbohydrates: sugars, starches, and fibers -- The lipids: triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols -- Protein: amino acids -- Metabolism: transformations and interactions -- Energy balance and bofy composition -- Weight management: overweight and underweight -- THe water-soluble vitamins: b vitamins and vitamin c 320 -- The fat-soluble vitamins: a,d,e, and k -- Water and the major minerals -- Fitness: physical activity, nutrients, and body adaptations -- Life cycle nutrition: pregnancy and lactation -- Life cycle nutrition: infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Life cycle nutrition: adulthood and the later years -- Diet and health -- Consumer concerns about foods -- Hunger and the global environment
This edition discusses each of these topics, and more.
534622267
NUTRITION
RM 216 .W45 2005
Understanding nutrition / Ellie Whitney and Sharon Rady Rolfes - Tenth edition. - Australia : Thomson Wadsworth, c2005 - xviii, various pagings : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
An overviewof nutrition -- Planning a healthy diet -- Digestion, Absorption, and transport -- The carbohydrates: sugars, starches, and fibers -- The lipids: triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols -- Protein: amino acids -- Metabolism: transformations and interactions -- Energy balance and bofy composition -- Weight management: overweight and underweight -- THe water-soluble vitamins: b vitamins and vitamin c 320 -- The fat-soluble vitamins: a,d,e, and k -- Water and the major minerals -- Fitness: physical activity, nutrients, and body adaptations -- Life cycle nutrition: pregnancy and lactation -- Life cycle nutrition: infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Life cycle nutrition: adulthood and the later years -- Diet and health -- Consumer concerns about foods -- Hunger and the global environment
This edition discusses each of these topics, and more.
534622267
NUTRITION
RM 216 .W45 2005