Role of fats in food and nutrition /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Elsevier Applied Science,
[1992]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Nature, occurrence and characterization of biologically important fats
- Some definitions: fat, food and nutrition
- Types of fat in the body and their functions
- Fats in food
- Determination of the amounts and types of fat in foods and diets
- Pt. II. Metabolic and nutritional roles of fats
- How fats are processed in the body: some basic metabolism
- Importance of fat in the diet
- Fats that are essential in the diet
- Fats in health and disease.