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Food and nutrition : Australasia, Asia and the Pacific / edited by Mark L. Wahlqvist ; contributors Madeleine Ball [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002Edition: Second editionDescription: viii, 616 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1865086924
  • 9781865086927
Other title:
  • Food & nutrition [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.3 21
Contents:
Contributors -- Pt. I. Human Nutrition: The Concept and Context -- 1. Introduction to human nutrition -- 2. Evaluating the reliability of nutrition information -- 3. Anthropological and sociological approaches to understanding food, eating and nutrition -- Pt. II. Contemporary Food Use and Safety -- 4. The food supply -- 5. Food composition and processing -- 6. Food microbiology and food poisoning -- 7. Risks, additives, contaminants and natural toxicants -- 8. New and emerging developments in food production -- 9. Food law -- 10. Contemporary food use: Food supply and food intake -- Pt. III. The Biology of Food Components -- 11. Food energy and energy expenditure -- 12. Carbohydrates -- 13. Fats -- 14. Protein -- 15. Digestion of food -- 16. Vitamins and vitamin-like compounds -- 17. Minerals -- 18. Water -- Pt. IV. Lifespan Nutrition -- 19. Pregnancy and Lactation -- 20. Infant nutrition -- 21. Childhood and Adolescence -- 22. Nutrition for activity, sport and survival -- 23. Requirements in maturity and ageing -- Pt. V. Food and Disease -- 24. Nutrition and bone health -- 25. Genetic Individuality, diet and disease -- 26. Overweight, obesity and eating disorders -- 27. Atherosclerosis coronary heart disease -- 28. Diabetes -- 29. Alcohol and diseases related to alcohol -- 30. Protein energy malnutrition -- 31. Immune function, infection and diseases of affluence -- 32. Nutrition and cancer -- 33. Food sensitivities -- 34. Nutrition and mental health -- Pt. VI. Food, Individuals, Environment and Policy -- 35. Nutrition assessment and monitoring -- 36. Nutritional standards of reference -- 37. Health promotion and nutrition -- 38. Dietary advice and food guidance systems -- 39. Food, population and sustainable environments -- 40. Food and nutrition policies in the Asia-Pacific region: Nutrition in transition -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Widely used as an authoritative introduction to nutrition and dietetics, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the biochemistry of foods, nutrition issues at different life stages, dietary disorders, and the social, political and environmental contexts of food production and consumption.
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Previous ed.: 1997.

"Australia and New Zealand"--Cover.

Format: Paperback.

Previous ed.: Food and nutrition : Australasia, Asia and the Pacific, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Pt. I. Human Nutrition: The Concept and Context -- 1. Introduction to human nutrition -- 2. Evaluating the reliability of nutrition information -- 3. Anthropological and sociological approaches to understanding food, eating and nutrition -- Pt. II. Contemporary Food Use and Safety -- 4. The food supply -- 5. Food composition and processing -- 6. Food microbiology and food poisoning -- 7. Risks, additives, contaminants and natural toxicants -- 8. New and emerging developments in food production -- 9. Food law -- 10. Contemporary food use: Food supply and food intake -- Pt. III. The Biology of Food Components -- 11. Food energy and energy expenditure -- 12. Carbohydrates -- 13. Fats -- 14. Protein -- 15. Digestion of food -- 16. Vitamins and vitamin-like compounds -- 17. Minerals -- 18. Water -- Pt. IV. Lifespan Nutrition -- 19. Pregnancy and Lactation -- 20. Infant nutrition -- 21. Childhood and Adolescence -- 22. Nutrition for activity, sport and survival -- 23. Requirements in maturity and ageing -- Pt. V. Food and Disease -- 24. Nutrition and bone health -- 25. Genetic Individuality, diet and disease -- 26. Overweight, obesity and eating disorders -- 27. Atherosclerosis coronary heart disease -- 28. Diabetes -- 29. Alcohol and diseases related to alcohol -- 30. Protein energy malnutrition -- 31. Immune function, infection and diseases of affluence -- 32. Nutrition and cancer -- 33. Food sensitivities -- 34. Nutrition and mental health -- Pt. VI. Food, Individuals, Environment and Policy -- 35. Nutrition assessment and monitoring -- 36. Nutritional standards of reference -- 37. Health promotion and nutrition -- 38. Dietary advice and food guidance systems -- 39. Food, population and sustainable environments -- 40. Food and nutrition policies in the Asia-Pacific region: Nutrition in transition -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Widely used as an authoritative introduction to nutrition and dietetics, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the biochemistry of foods, nutrition issues at different life stages, dietary disorders, and the social, political and environmental contexts of food production and consumption.

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