Nutrition : concepts & controversies /
by Frances Sienkiewiez Sizer and Ellie Whitney
- Sixteenth edition
- xvii, 584 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter 1: Food choices and human health -- Chapter 2: Nutrition tools : standards and guidelines -- Chapter 3: The remarkable body -- Chapter 4: The 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: Performance nutrition -- Chapter 11: Nutrition and chronic diseases -- Chapter 12: Food and water safety and food technology -- Chapter 13: Life cycle nutrition : mother and infant -- Chapter 14: Child, teen, and older adult -- Chapter 15: Hunger and the future of food