"Incorporating the latest research and dietary guidelines, Discovering Nutrition, Seventh Edition introduces students to the fundamentals of nutrition with an engaging and personalized approach. Written with a diverse student population of nutrition majors and non-majors in mind, this text focuses on teaching behavior change and personal decision making with an emphasis on how our nutritional behaviors influence lifelong personal health and wellness, while also presenting up-to-date scientific concepts in innovative ways"-- Provided by publisher.
Food Choices : Nutrients and Nourishment -- Nutrition Guidelines : Tools for a Healthful Diet -- Human Body : From Food to Fuel -- Carbohydrates : Simple Sugars and Complex Chains -- Spotlight on Alcohol -- Lipids : Not just Fat -- Proteins and Amino Acids -- Vitamins -- Water and Minerals -- Lifecycle : Maternal & Infant Nutrition -- Lifecycle : From Childhood through Older Adulthood -- Nutrition for Physical Performance -- Spotlight on Eating Disorders -- Diet and Health -- Spotlight on Obesity and Weight Management -- Food Safety and Technology -- Spotlight on World Nutrition.