Includes glossary and index.

Study of human nutrition 1 --
chapter 1 nutrition, diet, and how Americans live 1 --
chapter 2 the study of human nutrition : tools and premises 19 --
chapter 3 the power to do work 47 --
chapter 4 body composition and: are we what we eat? 65 --
chapter 5 carbohydrates : some can survive without them 83 --
chapter 6 fats: a cause of heart disease? 111 --
chapter 7 our building blocks 133 --
chapter 8vitamins on the supplement? 155 --
chapter 9 water soluble vitamins: will they cure diseases? 175 --
chapter 10 fat soluble vitamins : potential toxicity 195 --
chapter 11 substances claimed to be vitamins: is laetrile a vitamins? 215.

A textbook for college health and nutrition majors, dietitians, and other health professionals provides basic technical information concerning current areas of nutritional attention and concern. The 27 text chapters are grouped among 5 principal sections, viz.: human nutrition studies (the US diet and assessment of nutritional status; nutrition requirements and guidelines); nutrition basics (energy needs; body composition and growth; carbohydrates and their requirements; dietary fat and heart disease; protein requirements; vitamin requirements, toxicity, and supplements; iron deficiency and mineral needs; the role of dietary water; nutrient-nutrient interactions and metabolism); nutrition requirements for infants through the elderly; special nutritional requirements (undernourished and over nourished people and athletes); and nutrition and public health (federal community programs