TY - BOOK AU - Geissler,Catherine AU - Powers,Hilary J. AU - Garrow,J.S. TI - Human nutrition SN - 0443073562 (pbk.) AV - RC620 .D38 2005 U1 - 613.2 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Edinburgh, New York PB - Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone KW - Nutrition KW - Diet Therapy KW - Nutrition Disorders KW - Diet therapy KW - Nutrition disorders N1 - 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 ER -