-
Year: 2,020
-
Edition: 15th Edition
-
Pages: 743
-
Pages In File: 743
-
Language: English
-
Topic: 178
-
Identifier: 1337906379, 9781337906371, 0357390679, 9780357390672, 0357391764, 9780357391761
-
Org File Size: 125,446,357
-
Extension: pdf
-
Tags:
Nutrition, Food, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Nutrition: Requirements: Textbooks
-
Toc: My Bookmarks......Page 0 Scientific Challenge......Page 33 Two Sets of Standards......Page 50 Title Page......Page 2 Copyright Page......Page 3 About the Authors......Page 4 Brief Contents......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 15 Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health......Page 20 A Lifetime of Nourishment......Page 21 Genetics, Nutrition, and Individuality......Page 22 Think Fitness Why Be Physically Active?......Page 23 The Human Body and Its Food......Page 24 Meet the Nutrients......Page 26 Can I Live on Just Supplements?......Page 27 The Abundance of Foods to Choose From......Page 28 How, Exactly, Can I Recognize a Nutritious Diet?......Page 30 Why People Choose Foods......Page 31 The Science of Nutrition......Page 32 Can I Trust the Media for Nutrition Information?......Page 35 Changing Behaviors......Page 36 Start Now......Page 37 A consumer’sguide to: Reading Nutrition News......Page 38 Foo dfeature: Nutrient Density: How to Get Enough Nutrients without Too Many Calories......Page 39 CONTROVERSY 1: Sorting Imposters from Real Nutrition Experts......Page 42 Chapter 2: Nutrition Tools—Standards and Guidelines......Page 49 The DRI Lists and Purposes......Page 51 Understanding the DRI......Page 52 How the Committee Establishes DRI Values—An RDA Example......Page 53 Setting Energy Requirements......Page 54 Dietary Guidelines for Americans......Page 55 The Food Groups and Subgroups......Page 58 Choosing Nutrient-Dense Foods......Page 61 Diet Planning......Page 62 Flexibility of the USDA Eating Patterns......Page 64 Food Lists for Weight Management......Page 65 A consumer’s Guide to: Controlling Portion Sizes at Home and Away......Page 67 What Food Labels Must Include......Page 69 What Food Labels May Include......Page 72 Food feature: Getting a Feel for the Nutrients......Page 75 CONTROVERSY 2: Are Some Foods Superfoods for Health?......Page 80 Chapter 3: The Remarkable Body......Page 86 The Body’s Cells......Page 87 Genes Control Functions......Page 88 The Body Fluids and the Circulatory System......Page 89 What Do Hormones Have