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Sizer, Frances S.

Nutrition : Concepts and controversies / Ellie Whitney. - 13th edition. - Australia: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2017. - xix, 623p, [i-26[] p.: col.ill.; 28cm.

Includes bibliographical references and Index.

Chapter 1: Food choices and human health --
Chapter 2: Nutrition tools : standards and guidelines --
Chapter 3:The remarkable body --
Chapter 4: Carbohydrates : sugar, starch, glycogen, and fiber --
Chapter 5: The lipids : fats, oils, phospholipids, and sterols --
Chapter 6: The proteins and amino acids --
Chapter 7: The vitamins --
Chapter 8: Water and minerals --
Chapter 9: Energy balance and healthy body weight --
Chapter 10: Nutrients, physical activity, and the body's responses --
Chapter 11: Diet and health --
Chapter 12: Food safety and food technology --
Chapter 13: Life cycle nutrition : mother and infant --
Chapter 14: Child, teen, and older adult --
Chapter 15: Hunger and the global environment.

ISBN: 9781133609995

LCCN: 2015936118

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nutrition Requirements--Textbook.
Aliments.

LC Class. No.: TX551.S59 2017