Nutrition and Metabolism (Paperback)

Helen M. Roche

ISBN 10: 1119840236 / ISBN 13: 9781119840237

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken, 2024

About this Item

Paperback. Comprehensive resource on all aspects of nutrition and metabolism; covering vitamin and mineral deficiencies, diseases, immunity, brain and bone health, and more. Now in its third edition, Nutrition and Metabolism has been updated throughout to present readers with the core principles of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach. Written by a team of internationally renowned experts, the text includes information on: Body composition, energy metabolism, proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, food intake, and food compositionEnergy, macronutrients, pregnancy and lactation, growth and aging, brain nutrition, sensory systems and food palatability, the gastrointestinal system, and the cardiovascular systemSocietal food choices, over- and undernutrition, eating disorders, dieting, foetal programming, cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetesHow nutrition affects the liver, pancreas, kidney, lungs, heart and blood vessels, and how nutrition relates to the development of traumatic, infectious, and malignant diseases Nutrition and Metabolism is an essential resource for students and practitioners of nutrition and dietetics, as well as students majoring in other subjects that have a nutrition component. Revised edition of: Nutrition and metabolism / edited on behalf of the Nutrition Society by Susan A Lanham-New, Helen Roche, Ian MacDonald. 2nd ed. 2011. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nutrition and Metabolism (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119840236
• ISBN 13: 9781119840237
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Comprehensive resource on all aspects of nutrition and metabolism; covering vitamin and mineral deficiencies, diseases, immunity, brain and bone health, and more.

Now in its third edition, Nutrition and Metabolism has been updated throughout to present readers with the core principles of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach.

Written by a team of internationally renowned experts, the text includes information on:

• Body composition, energy metabolism, proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, food intake, and food composition
• Energy, macronutrients, pregnancy and lactation, growth and aging, brain nutrition, sensory systems and food palatability, the gastrointestinal system, and the cardiovascular system
• Societal food choices, over- and undernutrition, eating disorders, dieting, foetal programming, cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes
• How nutrition affects the liver, pancreas, kidney, lungs, heart and blood vessels, and how nutrition relates to the development of traumatic, infectious, and malignant diseases

Nutrition and Metabolism is an essential resource for students and practitioners of nutrition and dietetics, as well as students majoring in other subjects that have a nutrition component.

About the Author

Professor Helen M. Roche, Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Professor Ian A. Macdonald, Professor Emeritus in Metabolic Physiology at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Professor Annemie M.W.J. Schols, Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism in Chronic Diseases at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Professor Susan A. Lanham-New, Professor of Human Nutrition and Head of Department at the University of Surrey, UK.