Nutrition and You / Edition 1

by Joan Salge Blake

Overview

Nutrition and You incorporates a personalized approach to readers' nutritional concerns and interests in a readable, engaging, and motivating style. The photos, illustrations, and text present each vitamin and mineral in self-contained spreads, called Visual Summary Tables, that appeal to readers' propensity for visual learning. This format enables readers to identify the key aspects of each nutrient at a glance and in a consistent and easy-to-study format. What Is Nutrition? Tools for Healthy Eating, How The Body Uses the Food and Nutrients You Eat, Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starches, and Fiber, Lipids: Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols, Proteins and Amino Acids, Vitamins, Minerals and Water, Alcohol, Weight Management and Disordered Eating, Nutrition and Fitness, Food Safety and Technology, Eating throughout the Lifecycle: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Infants, Eating throughout the Lifecycle: Toddlers through Later Years, Hunger at Home and Abroad For all readers interested in a personal approach to nutrition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805354522
Publisher:	Benjamin Cummings
Publication date:	09/14/2007
Series:	MyDietAnalysis Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	800
Product dimensions:	8.48(w) x 10.86(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Joan Salge Blake (MS, RD, LDN) is a clinical assistant professor and dietetics internship director at Boston University's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She is a member of the American Dietetic association and the Massachusetts Dietetic Association (MDA), has been a presenter and presiding officer at both the ADA Annual Meeting and the MDA Annual Convention, and has been named MDA's "Young Dietitian of the Year." She is a recipient of the Whitney Powers Excellence in Teaching Award from Boston University. In addition to teaching and writing, Joan has a private practice specializing in weight management and lifestyle. She is a member of the ABC News Medical Expert Network and a contributor of articles to a variety of magazines.

Table of Contents

1. What Is Nutrition?
2. Tools for Healthy Eating
3. How The Body Uses the Food and Nutrients You Eat
4. Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starches, and Fiber
5. Lipids: Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols
6. Proteins and Amino Acids
7. Vitamins
8. Minerals and Water
9. Alcohol
10. Weight Management and Disordered Eating
11. Nutrition and Fitness
12. Food Safety and Technology
13. Eating throughout the Lifecycle: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Infants
14. Eating throughout the Lifecycle: Toddlers through Later Years
15. Hunger at Home and Abroad