Contemporary Nutrition

Contemporary Nutrition

Gordon M. Wardlaw McGraw-Hill 7th Edition ISBN: 9780072943740 E-ISBN: 9780077247676
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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Supplementary Materials
  • About the Authors
  • Inside Front Cover
  • CHAPTER 1: What You Eat and Why
  • CHAPTER 2: Guidelines for Designing a Healthy Diet
  • CHAPTER 3: The Human Body: A Nutrition Perspective
  • CHAPTER 4: Carbohydrates
  • CHAPTER 5: Lipids
  • CHAPTER 6: Proteins
  • CHAPTER 7: Energy Balance and Weight Control
  • CHAPTER 8: Vitamins
  • CHAPTER 9: Water and Minerals
  • CHAPTER 10: Nutrition: Fitness and Sports
  • CHAPTER 11: Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Other Conditions
  • CHAPTER 12: Undernutrition Throughout the World
  • CHAPTER 13: Safety of Food and Water
  • CHAPTER 14: Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
  • CHAPTER 15: Nutrition from Infancy Through Adolescence
  • CHAPTER 16: Nutrition During Adulthood
  • APPENDIX A: Solutions: Case Studies and Check Your Knowledge
  • APPENDIX B: Daily Values Used in Food Labels
  • APPENDIX C: Dietary Advice for Canadians
  • APPENDIX D: The Exchange System: A Helpful Menu-Planning Tool
  • APPENDIX E: Dietary Intake and Energy Expenditure Assessment
  • APPENDIX F: Chemical Structures Important in Nutrition
  • APPENDIX G: The 1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Height-Weight Table and Determination of Frame Size
  • APPENDIX H: Sources of Nutrition Information
  • APPENDIX I: English-Metric Conversions and Metric Units
  • GLOSSARY: Medical Terminology to Aid in the Study of Nutrition
  • PHOTO CREDITS
  • INDEX
  • Inside Back Cover

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