Nutrition
7th Edition
Published on 15. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
1025 pages
978-1-284-21095-8 (ISBN)
Description
Written for major and advanced non-major course offerings, Nutrition, Seventh Edition provides students with a comprehensive, current, and science-based introduction to nutrition concepts, guidelines, and functions. Its student-focused approach provides information about topics and issues that concern them -- a balanced diet, nutritional supplements, weight management, exercise, and much more. Throughout each chapter readers will engage with the latest dietary guidelines, scientific evidence, and national standards to help individuals follow a healthy dietary pattern at every life stage.
Key features:
- Provides updated content reflects the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2022 -2025 released in December of 2020.
- Includes updated Getting Personal features which encourage students to apply their nutritional knowledge to understanding their own diets.
- Incorporates revised food source charts in the vitamins and minerals chapters which more clearly convey common sources for vitamins and minerals.
- Includes revised statistics and data throughout that reflects the current state of nutrition in America and the world.
- Provides the updated Position Statement from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American Heart Association, and other organizations.
- Includes new and updated FYI, Going Green, and Quick Bites features which provide in-depth discussions of controversial issues and topics for classroom discussion.
Key features:
- Provides updated content reflects the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2022 -2025 released in December of 2020.
- Includes updated Getting Personal features which encourage students to apply their nutritional knowledge to understanding their own diets.
- Incorporates revised food source charts in the vitamins and minerals chapters which more clearly convey common sources for vitamins and minerals.
- Includes revised statistics and data throughout that reflects the current state of nutrition in America and the world.
- Provides the updated Position Statement from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American Heart Association, and other organizations.
- Includes new and updated FYI, Going Green, and Quick Bites features which provide in-depth discussions of controversial issues and topics for classroom discussion.
More details
Edition
7th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Sudbury
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 278 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1840 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-284-21095-8 (9781284210958)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Dr. Paul Insel | Don Ross | Kimberley McMahon
Nutrition
Book
08/2016
6th Edition
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
€292.66
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Persons
Dr. Paul Insel, PhD is Faculty Advisor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has been Principal Investigator on a number of key NIH nutrition projects, and has authored 14 books and more than 100 articles. His best-selling US college health textbook, Core Concepts in Health, is now in its 19th edition and was recognized in 2020 with a McGuffey Longevity Award from The Textbook and Academic Authors Association; his other college textbooks, Nutrition and Fit & Well are in their 7th and 16th editions, respectively.
Mr. Ross is co-director of the California Institute of Human Nutrition. For 15 years he has created health and nutrition educational materials for consumers, professionals, and college students. He has special expertise in communicating complicated physiological processes with easily understood graphical presentations. NIH selected his Travels with Cholesterol for distribution to consumers. His multidisciplinary focus brings together the fields of psychology, nutrition, biochemistry, and medicine.
Kimberley McMahon is a registered and licensed dietitian in Nevada. She received her undergraduate degree from Montana State University and master's degree from Utah State University. She has taught nutrition courses in both traditional and online settings, including basic nutrition, advanced nutrition, medical terminology, nutrition for exercise and sport, dietetics administration, and clinical nutrition. She has been an instructor at Utah State University and Northern Kentucky University, Logan University, and currently teaches in the Department of Nutrition at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. In addition to Discovering Nutrition, she is a co-author of Nutrition, Nutrition Across Life Stages, Nutrition Essentials and Eat Right! Healthy Eating in College and Beyond. Her interests and experience are in the areas of wellness, weight management, sports nutrition, and eating disorders.
Dr. Melissa Bernstein, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, DipACLM, FACLM, FNAP, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Licensed Dietitian, Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a Diplomat of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She received her doctoral degree from the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston, MA. In her position as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (North Chicago, Illinois), she is innovative in creating and teaching engaging and challenging online nutrition courses. Her interests include nutrition for a healthy lifestyle, physical activity and holistic wellness. Dr. Bernstein is the coauthor of the Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Food and Nutrition for Older Adults: Promoting Health and Wellness. In addition to co-authoring Nutrition, Discovering Nutrition, Nutrition Across Life Stages, Nutrition for the Older Adult, and Nutrition Assessment, Clinical and Research Applications, she has contributed, authored, and reviewed textbook chapters and peer-reviewed journal publications and participates on numerous advisory and review boards.
Mr. Ross is co-director of the California Institute of Human Nutrition. For 15 years he has created health and nutrition educational materials for consumers, professionals, and college students. He has special expertise in communicating complicated physiological processes with easily understood graphical presentations. NIH selected his Travels with Cholesterol for distribution to consumers. His multidisciplinary focus brings together the fields of psychology, nutrition, biochemistry, and medicine.
Kimberley McMahon is a registered and licensed dietitian in Nevada. She received her undergraduate degree from Montana State University and master's degree from Utah State University. She has taught nutrition courses in both traditional and online settings, including basic nutrition, advanced nutrition, medical terminology, nutrition for exercise and sport, dietetics administration, and clinical nutrition. She has been an instructor at Utah State University and Northern Kentucky University, Logan University, and currently teaches in the Department of Nutrition at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. In addition to Discovering Nutrition, she is a co-author of Nutrition, Nutrition Across Life Stages, Nutrition Essentials and Eat Right! Healthy Eating in College and Beyond. Her interests and experience are in the areas of wellness, weight management, sports nutrition, and eating disorders.
Dr. Melissa Bernstein, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, DipACLM, FACLM, FNAP, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Licensed Dietitian, Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a Diplomat of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She received her doctoral degree from the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston, MA. In her position as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (North Chicago, Illinois), she is innovative in creating and teaching engaging and challenging online nutrition courses. Her interests include nutrition for a healthy lifestyle, physical activity and holistic wellness. Dr. Bernstein is the coauthor of the Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Food and Nutrition for Older Adults: Promoting Health and Wellness. In addition to co-authoring Nutrition, Discovering Nutrition, Nutrition Across Life Stages, Nutrition for the Older Adult, and Nutrition Assessment, Clinical and Research Applications, she has contributed, authored, and reviewed textbook chapters and peer-reviewed journal publications and participates on numerous advisory and review boards.