Full Description
Welcome to one-stop shopping for everything you need for your introductory majors course! Wardlaw's Perspectives in Nutrition: A Functional Approach is an alternate version of Perspectives in Nutrition. In this version, the authors have organized the presentation of vitamins and minerals around key functions.
The author team has taken a garden-fresh approach to revising this highly regarded text. Every paragraph has been scrutinized to ensure that students are exposed to scientific content and concepts that are explained accurately and precisely, and in high-interest fashion that will draw students into their first study of nutrition science. Students will benefit from a carefully crafted text that brings them up-to-date scientific thinking and research blended with dynamic activities that will allow them to apply their knowledge to their own lives and future careers.
Contents
Part 1 Nutrition Fundamentals
Chapter: 1 The Science of Nutrition
Chapter: 2 Tools of a Healthy Diet
Chapter: 3 The Food Supply
Chapter: 4 Human Digestion and Absorption
Part 2 Energy-Yielding Nutrients and Alcohol
Chapter: 5 Carbohydrates
Chapter: 6 Lipids
Chapter: 7 Protein
Chapter: 8 Alcohol
Part 3 Metabolism and Energy Balance
Chapter: 9 Energy Metabolism
Chapter: 10 Energy Balance, Weight Control, and Eating Disorders
Chapter: 11 Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports
Part 4 Vitamins and Minerals
Chapter: 12 Micronutrients: Vitamins and Minerals
Chapter: 13 Micronutrients in Energy and Amino Acid Metabolism
Chapter: 14 Fluid Balance and Blood Health
Chapter: 15 Bone Health and Body Defense Systems
Part 5 Nutrition Applications in the Life Cycle
Chapter: 16 Nutritional Aspects of Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Chapter: 17 Nutrition during the Growing Years
Chapter: 18 Nutrition during the Adult Years
