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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 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. 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 vii Series Foreword ix Series Editor's Preface x About the Companion Website xii 1 Core Concepts of Nutrition 1 Ian A. Macdonald and Annemie M.W.J. Schols 2 Molecular Aspects of Nutrition 7 Herman E. Popeijus, Helen M. Roche, and Ronald P. Mensink 3 Integration of Metabolism 1: Energy 36 Jennifer L. Miles-Chan 4 Integration of Metabolism 2: Macronutrients 51 Abayomi O. Akanji and Keith N. Frayn 5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino Acids 76 Emily J. Ferguson, Nicholas A. Burd, Tyler A. Churchward-Venne, and Chris McGlory 6 Pregnancy and Lactation 93 Sharleen L. O'Reilly and Michelle K. McGuire ...
