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Nutrition and Metabolism
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Nutrition and Metabolism
About this book
Comprehensive resource on all aspects of nutrition and metabolism; covering vitamin and mineral deficiencies, diseases, immunity, brain and bone health, and more.
Now in its third edition, Nutrition and Metabolism has been updated throughout to present readers with the core principles of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach.
Written by a team of internationally renowned experts, the text includes information on:
- Body composition, energy metabolism, proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, food intake, and food composition
- Energy, macronutrients, pregnancy and lactation, growth and aging, brain nutrition, sensory systems and food palatability, the gastrointestinal system, and the cardiovascular system
- Societal food choices, over- and undernutrition, eating disorders, dieting, foetal programming, cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes
- How nutrition affects the liver, pancreas, kidney, lungs, heart and blood vessels, and how nutrition relates to the development of traumatic, infectious, and malignant diseases
Nutrition and Metabolism is an essential resource for students and practitioners of nutrition and dietetics, as well as students majoring in other subjects that have a nutrition component.
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Yes, you can access Nutrition and Metabolism by Helen M. Roche,Ian A. Macdonald,Annemie M. W. J. Schols,Susan A. Lanham-New in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nutrition, Dietics & Bariatrics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Nutrition and Metabolism
- Contents
- Contributors
- Series Foreword
- Series Editor’s Preface
- About the Companion Website
- 1 Core Concepts of Nutrition
- 2 Molecular Aspects of Nutrition
- 3 Integration of Metabolism 1: Energy
- 4 Integration of Metabolism 2: Macronutrients
- 5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino Acids
- 6 Pregnancy and Lactation
- 7 Growth and Ageing
- 8 Nutrition, the Brain and the Gut Microbiota
- 9 The Sensory Systems and Food Palatability
- 10 The Gastrointestinal Tract
- 11 The Cardiovascular System
- 12 The Skeletal System
- 13 The Immune and Inflammatory Systems
- 14 Phytochemicals
- 15 The Control of Food Intake
- 16 Overnutrition
- 17 Obesity
- 18 Undernutrition
- 19 Exercise Performance
- About the Editors
- Index
- EULA