Nutrition

<p>Following the tradition of its predecessor the fifth edition of <i>Nutrition: Maintaining and Improving Health </i>continues to offer a wide-ranging coverage of all aspects of nutrition while providing new information to this edition including:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Increased coverage of experimental and observational methods used in nutrition </li> <p> </p> <li>In-depth focus on the nutritional implications of the increased adoption of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles</li> <p> </p> <li>Streamlined referencing - a short selected list of key references at the end of each chapter with URL links to free additional resources where possible</li> <p> </p> <li>Discussion of nutrition debates</li> <p> </p> <li>Critical coverage of medicinal uses of food including superfoods functional foods and dietary supplements</li> <p> </p> <li>Updated bullet point summaries of key points after each major topic within each chapter</li> </ul><p>The author provides an evidence-based evaluation of many key nutrition beliefs and philosophies. The book contains in-depth and critical reviews of the methods used to evaluate nutritional intakes/status and the observational and experimental used to investigate putative links between dietary factors and health outcome. It covers the role of food as a source of energy and nutrients while discussing the non-nutritional roles of food and the social and psychological factors that influence food choice. Presenting a critical discussion on the value of nutrition research linking specific foods or nutrients to specific diseases which encourages students to question the value of some current nutrition research.</p><p>This is essential reading for all nutrition and dietetics students with different backgrounds who are studying nutrition as a specific discipline for the first time.</p>