Nutrition : concepts & controversies

Nutrition : concepts & controversies / Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, Ellie Whitney.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Webb, Frances Sizer
Other Authors:	Whitney, Eleanor Noss
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Belmont, Calif.] : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2014.
Edition:	13th ed.
Subjects:	Nutrition. Food. Nutrition > Requirements.

Table of Contents:

Food choices and human health
Nutrition tools: standards and guidelines
The remarkable bosy
The carbohydrates: sugar, starch, glycogen, and fiber
The lipids: fats, oils, phospholipids, and sterols
The proteins and amino acids
The vitamins
Water and minerals
Energy balance and healthy body weight
Nutrients, physical activity, and the body's responses
Diet and health
Food safety and food technology
Life cycle nutrition: mother and infant
Child, teen, and older adult
Hunger and the global environment.