The Essential Guide to Nutrition & the Foods We Eat: Everything You Need to Know About the Foods You Eat

The American Dietetic Association with Jean Pennington, PH.D., R.D.

ISBN 10: 006273346X / ISBN 13: 9780062733467

Published by HarperResource/A Division of HarperCollins, Publishers, New York, 1999

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230 pp. Flawless book.

Seller Inventory # 2ivDh0011

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Guide to Nutrition & the Foods We Eat: Everything You Need to Know About the Foods You Eat
• Publisher: HarperResource/A Division of HarperCollins, Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006273346X
• ISBN 13: 9780062733467
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Shatan Jessica (Book Design); FPG International (Cover Photo)
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Do-It-Yourself, Self-Help, How-To, etc.
  • Health, Diet, Nutrition, Weight Loss, Fitness, Etc

About this title

Synopsis

From The American Dietetic Association

• Getting the most out of your daily nutritional intake. . .

• Finding where foods fit in the food guide pyramid. . .

• Comparing food labels. . .

• . . . all in easy-to-read tables of the nutrients in 2,500 common foods we eat

The Essential Guide to Nutrition and the Foods We Eat provides the nutritional values for 2,500 common foods. Brand-name packaged foods, fast foods, fruits, and vegetables are all included in this essential guide to America's favorite foods. In easy-to-read tables, every shopper can compare foods and brand names for calories, fat, sodium, and so much more.

About the Author

Jean Pennington, PH.D., R.D., is an author in the area of food and nutrient databases. She received her degrees in physiology and nutrition from the University of California at Berkeley. Early in her career, Dr. Pennington taught nutrition and physiology courses in the San Francisco Bay area for eight years. For the past 20 years, she has served as a public health nutritionist with the U.S. government. She resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland.