Nutritional Sciences: from Fundamentals to Food
By Michelle "Shelley" McGuire, Kathy A. Beerman
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Now updated with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the latest findings from today's constantly evolving nutrition science literature, NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES: FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO FOOD, 4th Edition, clearly explains the scientific principles underlying nutrition while incorporating applications to help students develop a complete understanding of core concepts. This integrated approach provides a strong science foundation in a context relevant to students' daily lives. Supported by an impressive visual design, engaging case studies, and interactive digital resources, NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES offers a unique, balanced program for teaching and learning.
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Crystal Clear, Up-to-Date Science + Compelling Applications = A Balanced Program for Teaching and Learning.
Now updated with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the latest findings from today's constantly evolving nutrition science literature, NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES: FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO FOOD, 4th Edition, clearly explains the scientific principles underlying nutrition while incorporating applications to help students develop a complete understanding of core concepts. This integrated approach provides a strong science foundation in a context relevant to students' daily lives. Supported by an impressive visual design, engaging case studies, and interactive digital resources, NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES offers a unique, balanced program for teaching and learning.
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"Nutrition Matters" mini-chapters at the end of several chapters present important nutrition-related topics, such as diabetes, bone health, alcohol, cardiovascular disease, food safety, and eating disorders. These sections give professors the flexibility to decide how much detail they want to cover on certain topics in their courses.
"Focus On" boxes integrate content related to scientific innovation; diet and health; food; clinical applications; nutrition through the life cycle; and sports nutrition to highlight applied nutrition concepts.
"Connections" marginal icons reinforce important content from other chapters, showing how the concepts are linked together.
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Chapter 1. The Science of NutritionPreview this chapter
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