Whitney, Elanor Noss
Understanding nutrition / Eleanor Noss Whitney & Sharon Rady Rolfes - Ninth edition - Australia : Thomson Wadsworth, c2002 - xix, 697 pages: illustrations,
Contents: Chapter 1 An overview of nutrition -- Chapter 2 Planning a healthy diet -- Chapter 3 Digestion, absorption, and transport -- Chapter 4 The carbohydrates: Sugars, starches, and fibers -- Chapter 5 The lipids: Triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols -- Chapter 6 Protein: Amino acids -- Chapter 7 Metabolism: Transformations and interactions -- Chapter 8 Energy balance and body composition -- Chapter 9 Weight management: Overweight and underweight -- Chapter 10 The water-soluble vitamins: B vitamins and vitamin c -- Chapter 11 The fat-soluble vitamins: A, d, e, and k -- Chapter 12 Water and the major minerals -- Chapter 13 The trace minerals -- Chapter 14 Fitness: Physical activity, Nutrients, and body adaptations -- Chapter 15 Life cycle nutrition: Pregnancy and lactation -- Chapter 16 Life cycle nutrition: Infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Chapter 17 Life cycle nutrition: Adulthood and the later years -- Chapter 18 Diet and health -- Chapter 19 Consumer concerns about foods and water -- Chapter 20 Hunger and the global environment -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Index -- Aids to calculations
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Understanding nutrition / Eleanor Noss Whitney & Sharon Rady Rolfes - Ninth edition - Australia : Thomson Wadsworth, c2002 - xix, 697 pages: illustrations,
Contents: Chapter 1 An overview of nutrition -- Chapter 2 Planning a healthy diet -- Chapter 3 Digestion, absorption, and transport -- Chapter 4 The carbohydrates: Sugars, starches, and fibers -- Chapter 5 The lipids: Triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols -- Chapter 6 Protein: Amino acids -- Chapter 7 Metabolism: Transformations and interactions -- Chapter 8 Energy balance and body composition -- Chapter 9 Weight management: Overweight and underweight -- Chapter 10 The water-soluble vitamins: B vitamins and vitamin c -- Chapter 11 The fat-soluble vitamins: A, d, e, and k -- Chapter 12 Water and the major minerals -- Chapter 13 The trace minerals -- Chapter 14 Fitness: Physical activity, Nutrients, and body adaptations -- Chapter 15 Life cycle nutrition: Pregnancy and lactation -- Chapter 16 Life cycle nutrition: Infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Chapter 17 Life cycle nutrition: Adulthood and the later years -- Chapter 18 Diet and health -- Chapter 19 Consumer concerns about foods and water -- Chapter 20 Hunger and the global environment -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Index -- Aids to calculations
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