Nutrition

Maintaining and improving health, Fourth edition

Geoffrey P. Webb (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

608 Seiten

2012 | 4th New edition
Hodder Arnold (Verlag)
978-1-4441-4246-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a very wide-ranging general nutrition text including aspects missing from most other general nutrition texts such as epidemiology, health promotion theory, social and economic influences on food selection.

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The fourth edition of Nutrition: maintaining and improving health continues to offer wide-ranging coverage of all aspects of nutrition, including:


Nutritional assessment
Epidemiological and experimental methods used in nutrition research
Social aspects of nutrition
The science of food as a source of energy and essential nutritients
Variation in nutritional needs and priorities at different stages of the life-cycle
Hospital malnutrition
The use of dietary supplements and functional foods


Completely updated, this accessible textbook offers a comprehensive guide to the roles of diet in causing, preventing, and even treating chronic disease and maintaining good health. The importance of improving health is a guiding principle throughout the book and is underpinned by health promotion theory.

This is essential reading for all nutrition and dietetics students, including those studying nutrition modules as part of food science, catering, or health care courses.

Autor

Dr Geoffrey Webb Nutrition Writer and Consultant, School of Health and Bio Science, University of East London, London, UK

Inhalt

Concepts and principles
Changing priorities for nutrition education
Food selection
Methods of nutritional assessment and surveillance
Methods used to establish links between diet and disease
Dietary guidelines and recommendations
Cellular energetics

Energy, energy balance and obesity
Introduction to energy aspects of nutrition
Energy balance and its regulation
Obesity

The Nutrients
Carbohydrates
Protein and amino acids
Fat
The micronutrients
The Vitamins
The minerals

Variation in nutritional requirements and priorities
Nutrition and the human life-cycle
Nutrition as treatment
Some other groups and situations

The safety and quality of food
The safety and quality of food

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2012
• Zusatzinfo: 85 two-colour line drawings
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 189 x 246 mm
• Gewicht: 1270 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
• ISBN-10: 1-4441-4246-1 / 1444142461
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4441-4246-4 / 9781444142464
• Zustand: Neuware