Full Description
Essentials of Human Nutrition provides a complete and student-friendly introduction to the field for those embarking on courses in nutrition, or related subjects, for the first time. Written by an international team of experts, every chapter is carefully edited to give consistently clear and coherent explanations of all of the essential principles of nutrition.
Key Features
BL Chapters cover a broad range of disciplines to help students develop a complete understanding of the subject.
BL Inter-chapter links help students see connections between different topics and build up a coherent picture of the subject as a whole.
BL The text explains the impact of nutritional principles applied in practice, for example, in the context of sports and health care.
New to this Edition
This sixth edition has been updated to incorporate new research and emerging topics such as biomarkers, assessment of nutritional status, and binge-eating disorders.
Digital Formats and Resources
Essentials of Human Nutrition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
BL The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
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Contents
Part 1: Introducing Human Nutrition
1: A. Stewart Truswell, Jim Mann, and Leanne Hodson: Introduction
Part 2: Energy and Macronutrients
2: Jim Mann and Andrew Reynolds: Carbohydrates
3: C. Murray Skeaff, Jim Mann, and Leanne Hodson: Lipids
4: Colleen S. Deane, Daniel J. Wilkinson, and Philip J. Atherton: Protein
5: Andrew M. Prentice: Energy
6: A. Stewart Truswell: Alcohol
Part 3: Organic and Inorganic Essential Nutrients
7: Lewis J. James and Gethin H. Evans: Water, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Balance
8: Helen Lambert, Ohood Hakim, and Susan A. Lanham-New: Major Minerals: Calcium and Magnesium
9: Patrick MacPhail: Iron
10: Samir Samman, Sheila Skeaff, Christine D. Thomson, and A. Stewart Truswell: Trace Elements
11: David I. Thurnham: Vitamin A and Carotenoids
12: A. Stewart Truswell: The B Vitamins
13: A. Stewart Truswell and Jim Mann: Vitamins C and E
14: A. Stewart Truswell: Vitamins D and K
15: Bernhard Watzl: Other Biologically Active Substances in Plant Foods: Phytochemicals
16: Anne-Marie Minihane: Nutrition, Genetics, and Personalized Nutrition
Part 4: Nutrition-Related Disorders
17: Mike Lean: Overweight and Obesity
18: A. Stewart Truswell: Protein-Energy Malnutrition
19: Jim Mann and Rachael McLean: Cardiovascular Diseases
20: Kathryn E. Bradbury and Timothy J. Key: Nutrition and Cancer
21: Jim Mann: Diabetes Mellitus and the Metabolic Syndrome
22: Hannah Turner and Robert Peveler: The Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder, and OSFED
Part 5: Foods
23: Andrew Reynolds, A. Stewart Truswell, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Meika Foster, Anna Rangan, Leanne Hodson, and Kim Bell-Anderson: Food Groups
24: Martijn B. Katan: Functional Foods and Health Claims
25: Peter Williams and Paul Brent: Food Toxicity and Safety
Part 6: Changing Food Habits
26: A. Stewart Truswell and Helen Leach: Food Habits
27: A. Stewart Truswell, Leanne Hodson, and Jim Mann: Nutritional Recommendations for the General Population
28: Susan A. Jebb: Public Health Approaches to Implement Dietary Recommendations
29: C. Murray Skeaff: Dietary Patterns
30: Wilma Waterlander and Boyd Swinburn: Food Systems: Challenges and Ways Forward
31: Tim Lang and Pamela Mason: Nutrition, the Environment, and Sustainable Diets
Part 7: Life Stages
32: Annie S. Anderson: Pre-Pregnancy, Pregnancy, and Lactation
33: Anne-Louise Heath, Helen Crawley, and Rachael Taylor: Infant Feeding and Eating Well for Toddlers
34: Rachael Taylor and Anne-Louise Heath: Childhood and Adolescent Nutrition
35: Sian Robinson and Clare Corish: Nutrition and Ageing
Part 8: Nutritional Assessment
36: Philippa Lyons-Wall: Food Analysis, Food Composition Tables, and Databases
37: Jim Mann and Silke Morrison: Dietary Assessment
38: A. Stewart Truswell: Assessment of Nutritional Status
39: Nita G. Forouhi and Albert Koulman: Biomarkers
Part 9: Applications
40: Louise M. Burke: Sports Nutrition
41: Claire Smith and Winsome R. Parnell: Nutritional Consequences of Poverty and Food Insecurity in Developed Countries
42: Suzie Ferrie: Food in Hospitals
43: Ross C. Smith: Nutritional Support for Hospital Patients
