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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 diseasesNutrition 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors viiSeries Foreword ixSeries Editor's Preface xAbout the Companion Website xii1 Core Concepts of Nutrition 1Ian A. Macdonald and Annemie M.W.J. Schols2 Molecular Aspects of Nutrition 7Herman E. Popeijus, Helen M. Roche, and Ronald P. Mensink3 Integration of Metabolism 1: Energy 36Jennifer L. Miles-Chan4 Integration of Metabolism 2: Macronutrients 51Abayomi O. Akanji and Keith N. Frayn5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino Acids 76Emily J. Ferguson, Nicholas A. Burd, Tyler A. Churchward-Venne, and Chris McGlory6 Pregnancy and Lactation 93Sharleen L. O'Reilly and Michelle K. McGuire7 Growth and Ageing 110Mark L. Wahlqvist8 Nutrition, the Brain and the Gut Microbiota 161Harriët Schellekens, Mara Loana Lesanu, and Siobhain M. O'Mahony9 The Sensory Systems and Food Palatability 188Connor M. Delahunt...
