Nutrition: Maintaining and Improving Health - Couverture souple

Webb, Geoffrey P., Ph.D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444142461 ISBN 13 : 9781444142464

Editeur : Hodder Arnold, 2012

Synopsis

The fourth edition of Nutrition: maintaining and improving health continues to offer wide-ranging coverage of all aspects of nutrition, including:

• Nutritional assessment
• Epidemiological and experimental methods used in nutrition research
• Social aspects of nutrition
• The science of food as a source of energy and essential nutritients
• Variation in nutritional needs and priorities at different stages of the life-cycle
• Hospital malnutrition
• The use of dietary supplements and functional foods

Completely updated, this accessible textbook offers a comprehensive guide to the roles of diet in causing, preventing, and even treating chronic disease and maintaining good health. The importance of improving health is a guiding principle throughout the book and is underpinned by health promotion theory.

This is essential reading for all nutrition and dietetics students, including those studying nutrition modules as part of food science, catering, or health care courses.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Geoffrey Webb Nutrition Writer and Consultant, School of Health and Bio Science, University of East London, London, UK

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder Arnold
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1444142461
• ISBN 13: 9781444142464
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 609
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible