Discovering Nutrition 6th Edition – Ebook PDF Version – Digital Instant Dowload.
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1284139468
- ISBN-13 : 978-1284139464
- Author: Paul Insel
Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook, animations, student practice activities and assessments, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools. Written with non-majors in mind, Discovering Nutrition, Sixth Edition introduces students to the fundamentals of nutrition with an engaging and personalized approach. The 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 a number of innovative ways. Students will learn practical consumer-based nutrition information using the features highlighted throughout the text, including For Your Information boxes presenting controversial topics, Quick Bites offering fun facts, and the NEW feature Why Is This Important? opens each section and identifies the importance of each subject to the field. New & Key Features of the Sixth Edition: NEW – Why Is This Important? feature found within the margin of each section, describes the importance of each subject to the field and the general population in practical terms UPDATED – The Spotlight on Eating Disorders has been heavily revised and modernized to speak to today’s students UPDATED – Revised to reflect the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as well as the new Nutrition Facts label introduced in May 2016. NEW – The new Getting Personal feature, found in the Learning Portfolio at the end of each chapter, encourages students to apply learned concepts to their own lives.
Table contents:
Chapter 1 Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
Chapter 2 Nutrition Guidelines: Tools for a Healthful Diet
Chapter 3 The Human Body: from Food to Fuel
Chapter 4 Carbohydrates: Simple Sugars and Complex Chains
Chapter Spotlight on Alcohol
Chapter 5 Lipids: Not Just Fat
Chapter 6 Proteins and Amino Acids: Function Follows Form
Chapter 7 Vitamins: Vital Keys to Health
Chapter Spotlight on Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods
Chapter 8 Water and Minerals: The Ocean Within
Chapter Spotlight on Metabolism and Energy Balance
Chapter 9 Nutrition for Physical Performance
Chapter Spotlight on Eating Disorders
Chapter 10 Diet and Health
Chapter Spotlight on Obesity and Weight Management
Chapter 11 Life Cycle: Maternal and Infant Nutrition
Chapter 12 Life Cycle: Childhood Through Older Adulthood
Chapter Spotlight on World Nutrition
Chapter 13 Food Safety and Technology: Microbial Threats and Genetic Engineering
Chapter Appendix A Dietary Reference Intakes
Chapter Appendix B USDA Food Intake Patterns
Chapter Appendix C Nutrition Assessment Methods
Chapter Appendix D Vitamin and Mineral Summary Tables
Chapter Appendix E The Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter Appendix F ATP Produced from Macronutrients
Chapter Appendix G Major Metabolic Pathways
Chapter Appendix H Food Safety Tables
Chapter Appendix I Information Resources
Chapter Appendix J Calculations and Conversions
Chapter 2 Nutrition Guidelines: Tools for a Healthful Diet
Chapter 3 The Human Body: from Food to Fuel
Chapter 4 Carbohydrates: Simple Sugars and Complex Chains
Chapter Spotlight on Alcohol
Chapter 5 Lipids: Not Just Fat
Chapter 6 Proteins and Amino Acids: Function Follows Form
Chapter 7 Vitamins: Vital Keys to Health
Chapter Spotlight on Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods
Chapter 8 Water and Minerals: The Ocean Within
Chapter Spotlight on Metabolism and Energy Balance
Chapter 9 Nutrition for Physical Performance
Chapter Spotlight on Eating Disorders
Chapter 10 Diet and Health
Chapter Spotlight on Obesity and Weight Management
Chapter 11 Life Cycle: Maternal and Infant Nutrition
Chapter 12 Life Cycle: Childhood Through Older Adulthood
Chapter Spotlight on World Nutrition
Chapter 13 Food Safety and Technology: Microbial Threats and Genetic Engineering
Chapter Appendix A Dietary Reference Intakes
Chapter Appendix B USDA Food Intake Patterns
Chapter Appendix C Nutrition Assessment Methods
Chapter Appendix D Vitamin and Mineral Summary Tables
Chapter Appendix E The Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter Appendix F ATP Produced from Macronutrients
Chapter Appendix G Major Metabolic Pathways
Chapter Appendix H Food Safety Tables
Chapter Appendix I Information Resources
Chapter Appendix J Calculations and Conversions