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Reach your diet and nutritional goals with Brown/Williams' NUTRITION NOW, 9th Edition! Understanding the basic principles of nutrition and its impacts on health can lead to informed decisions and greater success reaching health goals now and throughout your lifetime. Chapters cover nutrition topics such as diet planning, nutrition labels, macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, physical activity, pregnancy and lactation, common chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, dietary supplements, global issues and much more. Content is organized into short units designed to be quick and manageable to help you focus on the concepts while applying what you have learned to your own life.
List of contents
1. Key Nutrition Concepts and Terms.
2. The Inside Story About Nutrition and Health.
3. Ways of Knowing About Nutrition.
4. Understanding Food and Nutrition Labels.
5. Nutrition, Attitudes, and Behavior.
6. Healthy Dietary Patterns, Dietary Guidelines, and MyPlate.
7. How the Body Uses Food: Digestion and Absorption.
8. Diet Culture and Anti-Fat Bias.
9. Energy Balance and Weight Science.
10. Disordered Eating and Intuitive Eating.
11. Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, and Fiber.
12. Diabetes Now.
13. Alcohol: The Positives and Negatives.
14. Proteins and Amino Acids.
15. Plant-Based Dietary Patterns.
16. Food Allergies and Intolerances.
17. Fats and Health.
18. Nutrition and Heart Disease.
19. Vitamins and Your Health.
20. Phytochemicals.
21. Diet and Cancer.
22. Good Things to Know About Minerals.
23. Dietary Supplements.
24. Water is an Essential Nutrient.
25. Nutrient-Gene Interactions in Health and Disease.
26. Nutrition and Physical Fitness for Everyone.
27. Nutrition and Physical Performance.
28. Good Nutrition for Life: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Infancy.
29. Nutrition for the Growing Years: Childhood Through Adolescence.
30. Nutrition and Health Maintenance for Adults of All Ages.
31. The Multiple Dimensions of Food Safety.
32. Aspects of Global Nutrition.
About the author
Judith E. Brown is a nutrition researcher, writer and speaker who provides consultation services to the food and pharmaceutical industries as well as government health programs. As a professor emeritus of the Division of Epidemiology and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Minnesota, she successfully obtained and completed large, competitively funded research grants related to nutrition and health. Her areas of expertise include scientific advising on new product development, advising on product evaluation studies, public speaking to professional groups, consumer-oriented publications on topics specific to health and nutrition and expert opinion papers on the safety and efficacy of nutrients, neutraceuticals and fortified products. Dr. Brown has more than 30 years of instructional experience in the field of nutrition and has written more than 100 research articles for publication. An avid researcher and an exceptional writer and teacher, she is one of the most influential and respected authors in the field.
Summary
Reach your diet and nutritional goals with Brown/Williams' NUTRITION NOW, 9th Edition! Understanding the basic principles of nutrition and its impacts on health can lead to informed decisions and greater success reaching health goals now and throughout your lifetime. Chapters cover nutrition topics such as diet planning, nutrition labels, macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, physical activity, pregnancy and lactation, common chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, dietary supplements, global issues and much more. Content is organized into short units designed to be quick and manageable to help you focus on the concepts while applying what you have learned to your own life.
