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Nutrition : concepts and controversies.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webb, Frances Sizer
Other Authors: Whitney, Eleanor Noss
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, [2000]
Edition:Eighth edition /
Subjects:
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Food.
Table of Contents:
  • Food choices and human health
  • Nutrition tools : standards and guidelines
  • The remarkable body
  • The carbohydrates : sugar, starch, glycogen, and fiber
  • The lipids : fats, oils, phospholipids, and sterols
  • The proteins and amino acids
  • The vitamins
  • Water and minerals
  • Energy balance and health body weight
  • Nutrients, physical activity, and the body's responses
  • Diet and health
  • Life cycle nutrition : mother and infant
  • Child, teen, and older adult
  • Food safety and food technology
  • Hunger and the global environment