Nutrition and Metabolism (eBook)

Susan A. Lanham-New, Ian A. Macdonald, Helen M. Roche (Herausgeber)

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2011 | 2. Auflage
448 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-4443-4769-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Nutrition and Metabolism Nutrition and Metabolism In this second edition of the second title in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Nutrition and Metabolism has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student. Ground-breaking in scope and approach, this title: Provide students with the required scientific basics of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition, to apply these throughout their training, and to foster critical thinking at all times Is fully peer-reviewed, to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspective Nutrition and Metabolism is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food science, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find much of great value within its pages. Other books in the Nutrition Society Textbook Series Introduction to Human Nutrition ISBN 9781405168076 Clinical Nutrition ISBN 9780632056262 Public Health Nutrition ISBN 9780632056279 For further information, companion material for use with these textbooks, and full details of how to purchase them, visit: www.wiley.com/go/nutritionsociety

Autor

About the Editors Susan A Lanham-New, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK. Ian A Macdonald, University of Nottingham, UK. Helen M Roche, School of Public Health and Population Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Inhalt

Contributors vii

Series Foreword ix

Preface x

First Edition Acknowledgments xi

Dedication xiii

1 Core Concepts of Nutrition 1
Ian A Macdonald and Michael J Gibney

2 Molecular Aspects of Nutrition 7
Helen M Roche, Herman E Popeijus and Ronald P Mensink

3 Integration of Metabolism 1: Energy 35
Xavier M Leverve

4 Integration of Metabolism 2: Macronutrients 49
Keith N Frayn and Abayomi O Akanji

5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino Acids 72
Margaret E Brosnan, John T Brosnan and Vernon R Young

With grateful appreciation to the outstanding work of Dr Vernon Young formally of MIT, USA (1937-2004)

6 Pregnancy and Lactation 102
Joop MA van Raaij and Lisette CPGM de Groot

7 Growth and Ageing 119
Mark L Wahlqvist and Prasong Tienboon

8 Nutrition and the Brain 155
John D Fernstrom and Madelyn H Fernstrom

9 The Sensory Systems and Food Palatability 184
Conor M Delahunty

10 The Gastrointestinal Tract 205
Mariano Mañas, Emilio Martínez de Victoria, Angel Gil, María D Yago and John C Mathers

11 The Cardiovascular System 247
Gabriele Riccardi, Angela A Rivellese and Christine M Williams

12 The Skeletal System 272
John M Pettifor, Ann Prentice, Kate Ward and Peter Cleaton-Jones

13 The Immune and Inflammatory Systems 312
Parveen Yaqoob and Philip C Calder

Additional resources are published on the book's website: www.wiley.com/go/nutmet

14 Phytochemicals 339
Aedín Cassidy and Colin D Kay

15 The Control of Food Intake 353
Adam Drewnowski and France Bellisle

16 Overnutrition 360
Linda Bandini, Albert Flynn and Renee Scampini

17 Undernutrition 378
Paul Kelly

18 Exercise Performance 387
Asker E Jeukendrup and Louise M Burke

Index 418

Rezensionen

"As a registered dietitian, I found the book fascinating and up to date . . . The second edition certainly is warranted due to research updates over the past eight years." (Doody's, 12 August 2011)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.7.2011
• Reihe/Serie: The Nutrition Society Textbook
• Reihe/Serie: The Nutrition Society Textbook
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Schlagworte: Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Health & Social Care • Metabolism & Biochemistry of Nutrition • Stoffwechsel u. Biochemie der Ernährung • Stoffwechsel u. Biochemie der Ernährung
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-4769-1 / 1444347691
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-4769-2 / 9781444347692