Nutrition, a key to health: What you eat and why; Guidelines for designing a healthy diet; Human body, a nutrition perspective -- Energy nutrients and energy balance: Carbohydrates; Lipids; Proteins; Energy balance and weight control -- Vitamins, minerals, and water: Overview of the micronutrients; Nutrients involved with fluid and electrolyte balance; Nutrients that function as antioxidants; Nutrients involved in bone health; Micronutrient function in energy metabolism and blood health -- Nutrition, beyond the nutrients: Nutrition, fitness and sports; eating disorders, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and other conditions; Undernutrition throughout the world; Safety of food and water -- Nutrition, a focus on the life stages: Pregnancy and breastfeeding; Nutrition from infancy through adolescence; Nutrition during adulthood -- Appendixes: Solutions, case studies and check your knowledge; Daily values used in food labels; Dietary advice for Canadians; Exchange system, a helpful menu-planning tool; Dietary intake and energy expenditure assessment; Chemical structures important in nutrition; 1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company height-weight table and determination of frame size; Sources of nutrition information; English-metric conversions and metric units -- Glossary. rnrnrn[This book] offers a unique approach to the coverage of vitamins and minerals. It departs from a traditional presentation by instead organizing vitamins and minerals within the context of physiological functions and the health conditions they influence. The text will provide students who lack a strong science background the ideal balance of reliable nutrition information and practical consumer-oriented knowledge.-http://catalogs.mhhe.com.rn