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Human nutrition. - 11th ed. / edited by Catherine A. Geissler, Hilary J. Powers. - Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone, 2005. - xii, 743 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Food and nutrient patterns -- Food and nutrient structure -- The Physiology of nutrient digestion and absorption -- Body size and composition -- Energy balance and body weight regulation -- Carbohydrate metabolism -- Fat metabolism -- Protein metabolism and requirements -- Alcohol metabolism: implications for nutrition and health -- Water-soluble vitamins -- Fat-soluble vitamins -- Minerals and trace elements -- Inter-micronutrient topics -- Infancy, childhood and adolescence -- Prepregnancy, pregnancy and lactation -- Ageing and older people -- Vegetarian diets -- Dietary considerations for sport and exercise -- Cardiovascular disease -- Obesity -- Diabetes mellitus -- Cancers -- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract -- Nutrition and the skeleton -- Dental disease -- Immune function, food allergies and food intolerance -- Eating disorders -- Deficiency diseases -- Diet and genotype interactions-nutritional genomics -- The Science of epidemiology -- Nutritional assessment methods -- Food supply, factors affecting production, trade and access -- Food nutrition policies and interventions.

ISBN: 0443073562 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2006277408

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA572102 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013279862 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nutrition
Diet Therapy
Nutrition Disorders
Nutrition.
Diet therapy.
Nutrition disorders.

LC Class. No.: RC620 / .D38 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 613.2