Essentials of human nutrition / edited by Jim Mann, A. Stewart Truswell.
| Other author | Mann, Jim. |
| Other author | Truswell, A. Stewart. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xxii, 599 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part 1 : Energy and macronutrients -- Carbohydrates / John Cummings and Jim Mann -- Lipids / Jim Mann and Murray Skeaff -- Protein / Alan A. Jackson -- Energy / Andrew M. Prentice -- Alcohol / Stewart Truswell -- Part 2 : Organic and inorganic essential nutrients -- Water, electrolytes and acid-base balance / James Robinson -- Major minerals: calcium and magnesium / Ailsa Goulding and Andrea Grant -- Iron / Patrick MacPhail -- Trace elements / Samir Samman, Christine Thomson and Stewart Truswell -- Vitamin A and carotenoids / David I. Thurnham -- The B vitamins / Stewart Truswell -- Vitamins C and E / Murray Skeaff -- Vitamins D and K / Stewart Truswell -- Other biologically active substances in plant foods: phytochemicals / Claus Leitzmann and Bernard Watzl -- Part 3 : Nutrition-related disorders -- Overweight and obesity / Abdullah Omari and Ian D. Caterson -- The challenge of the chronic diseases epidemic for science and society / Phil James and Neville Rigby -- Protein-energy malnutrition / Stewart Truswell -- Nutritional crises / Alain Mourey and Jennifer McMahon -- Cardiovascular diseases / Jim Mann and Alexandra Chisholm -- Nutrition and cancer / Martin Wiseman -- Diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome / Jim Mann -- The eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and EDNOS / Hannah Turner and Robert Peveler -- Part 4 : Foods -- Food groups / Trish Griffiths ... [et al.] -- Food toxicity and safety / Peter Williams -- Functional foods / Martijn B. Katan -- Part 5 : Nutritional assessment -- Food analysis, food composition tables and databases / Philippa Lyons-Wall -- Dietary assessment / Sheila Bingham -- Assessment of nutritional status and biomarkers / Stewart Truswell -- Part 6 : Life stages -- Pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and lactation / Annie S. Anderson -- Infant feeding / Donna Secker and Stanley Zlotkin -- Childhood and adolescence nutrition / Colin Binns -- Sports nutrition / Louise M. Burke -- Nutrition and ageing / Caroline Horwath and Wija van Staveren -- Part 7 : Clinical and public health -- Food habits / Helen Leach -- Nutritional recommendations for the general population / Katrine Baghurst -- Dietary counselling to change behaviour / Paula Hunt -- Part 8 : Case studies -- Nutritional consequences of poverty and food insecurity in developed countries / Winsome Parnell -- Nutrition and HIV and AIDS / Hester Vorster -- Nutritional support for the hospitalized patient / Ross C. Smith. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2007013295 |
| ISBN | 9780199290970 ($55.60) |
| ISBN | 0199290970 |