Understanding nutrition /
Whitney, Eleanor Noss.
Understanding nutrition / Eleanor Noss Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes. - 6th ed. - St. Paul, MN : West Pub., c1993. - xx, 658, [various] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An Overview of Nutrition -- Planning a Healthy Diet -- Digestion, Absorption, and Transport -- The Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starch, and Fibers -- The Lipids: Triglycerides, Phospholipids, and Sterols -- Protein: Amino Acids -- Metabolism: Transformations and Interactions -- Energy Balance and Body Composition -- Weight Control: Overweight and Underweight -- The Water-Soluble Vitamins: B Vitamins and Vitamin C -- The Fat-Soluble Vitamins: A, D, E, and K -- Water and the Major Minerals -- The Trace Minerals -- Fitness: Physical Activity, Nutrients, and Body Adaptations -- Life Cycle Nutrition: Pregnancy and Lactation -- Life Cycle Nutrition: Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence -- Life Cycle Nutrition: Adulthood and the Later Years -- Diet and Health -- Consumer Concerns about Foods and Water -- Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Hunger and Global Environmental Problems -- Cells, Hormones, and Nerves -- Basic Chemistry Concepts -- Biochemical Structures and Pathways -- Aids to Calculation -- Nutrition Assessment -- Nutrition Resources -- United States: Recommendations and Exchanges World Health Organization: Recommendations -- Table of Food Composition -- Canada: Recommendations, Exchanges, and Labels -- Measures of Protein Quality -- Answers to Problem Sets. Ch. 20. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D. App. E. App. F. App. G. App. H. App. I. App. J. App. K.
0314012397
95047498
Nutrition.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Social,Probs & Services.
QP141 / .W46 1996
363.8 ROL
QP141.W42 / 1996
Understanding nutrition / Eleanor Noss Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes. - 6th ed. - St. Paul, MN : West Pub., c1993. - xx, 658, [various] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An Overview of Nutrition -- Planning a Healthy Diet -- Digestion, Absorption, and Transport -- The Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starch, and Fibers -- The Lipids: Triglycerides, Phospholipids, and Sterols -- Protein: Amino Acids -- Metabolism: Transformations and Interactions -- Energy Balance and Body Composition -- Weight Control: Overweight and Underweight -- The Water-Soluble Vitamins: B Vitamins and Vitamin C -- The Fat-Soluble Vitamins: A, D, E, and K -- Water and the Major Minerals -- The Trace Minerals -- Fitness: Physical Activity, Nutrients, and Body Adaptations -- Life Cycle Nutrition: Pregnancy and Lactation -- Life Cycle Nutrition: Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence -- Life Cycle Nutrition: Adulthood and the Later Years -- Diet and Health -- Consumer Concerns about Foods and Water -- Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Hunger and Global Environmental Problems -- Cells, Hormones, and Nerves -- Basic Chemistry Concepts -- Biochemical Structures and Pathways -- Aids to Calculation -- Nutrition Assessment -- Nutrition Resources -- United States: Recommendations and Exchanges World Health Organization: Recommendations -- Table of Food Composition -- Canada: Recommendations, Exchanges, and Labels -- Measures of Protein Quality -- Answers to Problem Sets. Ch. 20. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D. App. E. App. F. App. G. App. H. App. I. App. J. App. K.
0314012397
95047498
Nutrition.
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Social,Probs & Services.
QP141 / .W46 1996
363.8 ROL
QP141.W42 / 1996