Nutrition for Life: A NO FAD, NON NONSENSE APPROACH TO EATING WELL AND REACHING - Hardcover

Hark, Lisa; Deen, Dr. Darwin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0756605229 ISBN 13: 9780756605223

Publisher: DK, 2005

Synopsis

A comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of proper nutrition provides a close-up look at a healthy dietary plan, furnishing a detailed look at nutrients and their benefits, essential nutrition and food facts, recipes and sample menus, and an analysis of the various diet programs and their effectiveness.

About this title

About the Author:

Lisa Hark, MD is an internationally known medical nutritionist who had been working in the field for more than 20 years. She is currently the Director of Nutrition Education and Prevention Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Darwin Deen, MD is a family physician who specializes in the importance of nutrition at all stages of life.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this straightforward guide to a healthy diet, Hark and Dean, nutritionists and educators both, decode the conflicting messages about nutrition that people often get from the news and from various weight-loss programs. After imparting tips on subjects like smart snacking, exercising and drinking water, they explain nutritional concepts, breaking down the food pyramid and providing a directory of vitamins and minerals. Perhaps the most useful section describes how to "eat for the time of your life"; the authors include graphs of healthy weights, charts listing foods that are good for certain age groups and plenty of sound advice for athletes, pregnant women and people of all ages. They also demystify the main fad diets, look at how food is related to health problems and discuss buying and storing food; a handy guide to common foods' nutritional value appears at the end. Lists, questionnaires, "jargon busters" and even a few recipes are sprinkled throughout in colorful boxes, and sidebars containing case studies (i.e., a preschool child who will eat only white food) provide advice for common problems. Although most of the information conveyed here has been said before without making people change their ways, this book neatly combines it all into an authoritative reference tool that's particularly useful for families.
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About this edition

• Publisher: DK
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0756605229
• ISBN 13: 9780756605223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352