Thompson, Janice

Nutrition : a functional approach. / Janice Thompson, Melinda Manore, Judy Sheeshka - (Canadian ed.) - Toronto: Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, 2007. - xxxii, 616 p. + various pagings: col. ill. ;

Includes appendices.

Includes 1 CD-ROM (inside back cover)

Contents: The role of nutrition n our health -- Planning a nutritious diet -- What happens to the food we eat? -- Carbohydrates -- Fat -- Proteins -- Nutrients involved in fluid and electronic balance -- Nutrients that may function as antioxidants -- Nutrients involved in bone health -- Nutrients involved in energy metabolism -- Achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight -- Disordered eating -- Food safety and technology -- Nutrition through the life cycle: pregnancy and the first year of life -- Nutrition through the life cycle: childhood to late adulthood

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Nutrition

QP141.T46

613.2