Nutrition: Concepts And Controversies: With more than 1 million users, Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies remains the nutrition text of choice for majors and non-majors alike. Known for its clear explanations that show relevance to readers, the text helps students of all backgrounds learn the basics of nutrition--from being good consumers to understanding the science of nutrition. It is packed with practical applications that support quantitative learning skills, critical-thinking skills, and behavior change. The authors quickly draw you into the study of nutrition through a number of innovative learning tools, including captivating chapter opening "Do You Ever" sections, "Food Feature" and "Consumer Corner" sections, integrated "Key Points," and end-of-chapter "Controversies."

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Nutrition Education: Linking Research, Theory & Practice: Nutrition Education, Second Edition provides students with a simple, straightforward model to easily design effective nutrition education. Using a six-step process, it integrates theory, research, and practice, providing advice on designing, implementing, and evaluating theory-based nutrition education.

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Nutrition - Concepts and Controversies: With more than 1 million users, Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies remains the nutrition text of choice for majors and non-majors alike. Known for its clear explanations that show relevance to readers, the text helps students of all backgrounds learn the basics of nutrition--from being good consumers to understanding the science of nutrition. It is packed with practical applications that support quantitative learning skills, critical-thinking skills, and behavior change. The authors quickly draw you into the study of nutrition through a number of innovative learning tools, including captivating chapter opening "Do You Ever" sections, "Food Feature" and "Consumer Corner" sections, integrated "Key Points," and end-of-chapter "Controversies."

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Nutrition Education - Linking Research Theory and Practice: The role of nutrition education is to address the numerous personal and environmental influences on food choices and assist individuals in practicing healthy behaviors.

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Genomics and Proteomics in Nutrition: With contributions from 66 world-renowned authorities on the subject, Genomics And Proteomics In Nutrition focuses on the effect of genetic expression on protein production, establishing links between gene expression and nutrition, the influence of micro- and macronutrients on cellular homeostasis, and the relationship between diet, genetic predisposition, and human disease. Shows how bioinformatics and functional genomic databases can transform molecular biology research using a yeast ELO2/ human HELO1 protein cloning example

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Nutrition and the Eye - A Practical Approach: This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This timely new reference pres up-to-date information on the effects of nutrition on vision for eye care specialists. It offers practical assistance in clinical procedure with essential nutritional information backed up by evidence-based research. Contributors include specialists in the fields of nutrition, vision research, and life sciences.

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Measured Meals: Nutrition in America: Provides an alternative history of nutrition in the U.S. that focuses on the power of scientific language.
As nutritional studies proliferate, producing more and more knowledge about the connection between diet and health, Americans seem increasingly confused about what to eat to stay healthy. In Measured Meals, Jessica J. Mudry looks at the language used in the United States to communicate about health and nutrition, and reveals its effects on reframing, reshaping, and controlling what and how Americans eat. Analyzing the USDA and American federal food guidelines over the past one hundred years, Mudry shows how the language of nutrition has evolved over time.

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Clinical Guide to Nutrition and Dietary Supplements in Disease Management: RMIT Univ., Victoria, Australia. Offers a contemporary approach to the principles of nutrition therapy and herbal treatments. Demonstrates the biological plausibility of using supplements in clinical care, citing evidence from clinical trails. Lists diseases which can be impacted by nutritional therapies and cites real-life cases.

Date Added: 8/23/2011 11:04:25 PM | Visits: 32482

CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition: Following in the tradition of its popular predecessors, the CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition, Third Edition explains hundreds of terms commonly used in medicine, food science, metabolism, physiology, and nutrition. Thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect major advances over the past decade, this reference lists entries alphabetically and cross-references them when multiple terms are used for the same definition. Each entry is followed either by a definition, paragraph, essay, composition, article, or feature article. Many of the more complex entries are supported with figures or tables.

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Nutrition for Sport and Exercise: Insightful, well organized, and clearly written, Nutrition for Sport and Exercise integrates nutrition and exercise physiology principles, emphasizing scientific reasoning and examining research studies to illuminate the evidence for current nutritional recommendations. Dunford and Doyle carefully illustrate the links between training, the increased demand for nutrients as a result of training, the translation of nutrient goals to the intake of an appropriate amount and type of foods, beverages and/or supplements, and, the ultimate goal, excellent performance.

Date Added: 8/23/2011 11:02:36 PM | Visits: 33114