Nutrition : maintaining and improving health / Geoffrey P. Webb. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2019Edition: Fifth editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (colour)ISBN:- 9781444142464
- 9781351058070
- 9781351058056 (ePub ebook) :
- 9781351058049 (Mobipocket ebook) :
- 9781351058070 (ebook) :
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | Available |
Previous edition: London: Hodder Arnold, 2012.
Includes index.
Part One – Concepts and Principles. Changing Priorities for nutrition Education. Food Selection. Methods of Nutritional Selection and Surveillance. Methods to Establish Links between Diet and Chronic Disease. Dietary Guidelines and Recommendations. Cellular Energetics. Part Two – Energy, Energy Balance and Obesity. Introduction to Energy Aspects of Nutrition. Energy Balance and its Regulation. Obesity. Part Three – The Nutrients. Carbohydrates. Protein and Amino Acids. Fats. Micronutrients. Vitamins. Minerals. Part Four - Variation in Nutritional Requirements and Priorities. Nutrition and the Human Lifecycle. Nutrition as Treatment. The Safety and Quality of Food.