Perspectives in nutrition / Gordon M. Wardlaw.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : WCB/McGraw-Hill, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xvi, 728 pages, 188 variously numbered pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm + 1 volume (iii, 240 pages ; 28 cm)Content type:- text
- text
- unmediated
- unmediated
- volume
- 0070920788
- 9780070920781
- 613.2
- QP141. W38 1999
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 613.2 WAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Study guide | 1 | Available | A247683B |
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Includes index.
Accompanied by: Student study guide to accompany Perspectives in nutrition / Gordon M. Wardlaw.
Accompanied by: 1 volume (study guide)
Preface to the Instructor -- Preface to the Student -- 1. What Nourishes You? -- Expert Opinion: Junk foods of junk diets? -- 2. The Basis of a Healthy Diet -- Nutrition Perspective: What's on the label? -- 3. Carbohydrates -- Expert Opinion: The value of intense sweeteners -- 4. Lipids -- Expert Opinion: Women and heart disease -- 5. Proteins -- Expert Opinion: A close look at soybeans -- 6. Digestion and Absorption -- Expert Opinion: Gastroquackery -- 7. Metabolism -- Expert Opinion: Molecular biology in nutrition -- 8. Energy Balance -- Expert Opinion: Do carbohydrates turn into fat? -- 9. Weight Control -- Expert Opinion: Very-low-calorie diets in the treatment of obesity -- 10. Nutrition for Fitness -- Expert Opinion: What can a physically active lifestyle promise? -- 11. Eating Disorders -- Expert Opinion: Eating disorders -- 12. The Fat-Soluble Vitamins -- Expert Opinion: Given current information, should healthy Americans take antioxidant supplements? -- 13. The Water-Soluble Vitamins -- Expert Opinion: Some mysteries surrounding vitamin B-6 -- 14. Water and the Major Minerals -- Expert Opinion: Calcium: an under-consumed essential nutrient -- 15. The Trace Minerals -- Expert Opinion: Chromium: charlatans' delight or nutritionists' concern? -- 16. Pregnancy and Lactation -- Expert Opinion: Human milk: the ecologically sound way to feed an infant -- 17. Infants, Children, and Teenagers -- Expert Opinion: Helping children to eat well -- 18. The Adult Years -- Expert Opinion: What should I eat to live longer? -- 19. Food Safety -- Expert Opinion: How safe is the American food supply? -- 20. Undernutrition throughout the World -- Expert Opinion: The human side of hunger and poverty in America -- App. A: Food composition table -- App. B: Chemistry: a tool for understanding nutrition -- App. C: Mathematical tools for use in nutrition study -- App. D: U.S. Dietary Goals -- App. E: Dietary advice for Canadians -- App. F: Exchange System lists -- App. G: Dietary intake and energy expenditure assessment -- App. H: Fatty acids, including omega-3 fatty acids in foods -- App. I: Important chemical structures -- App. J: Metabolic pathways: glycolysis and the citric acid cycle -- App. K: Energy cost of various activities -- App. L: Determination of frame size -- App. M: Caffeine content of foods -- App. N: Carotenoid content of selected fruits and vegetables -- App. O: Prenatal weight gain chart -- App. P: Common food additives -- App. Q: Sources of nutrition information -- Answers to Nutrition Awareness Inventories -- Answers to Critical Thinking Questions -- Glossary -- Index.
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