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Summary
Summary
Nutrition and Metabolism
Nutrition and Metabolism
In this second edition of the second title in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Nutrition and Metabolism has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student.
Ground-breaking in scope and approach, this title:
Provide students with the required scientific basics of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition, to apply these throughout their training, and to foster critical thinking at all times Is fully peer-reviewed, to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspectiveNutrition and Metabolism is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food science, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find much of great value within its pages.
Other books in the Nutrition Society Textbook Series
Introduction to Human Nutrition
ISBN 9781405168076
Clinical Nutrition
ISBN 9780632056262 Public Health Nutrition
ISBN 9780632056279
For further information, companion material for use with these textbooks, and full details of how to purchase them, visit: www.wiley.com/go/nutritionsociety
Author Notes
About the Editors
Susan A Lanham-New, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK.
Ian A Macdonald, University of Nottingham, UK.
Helen M Roche, School of Public Health and Population Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Table of Contents
| Contributors |
| Series Foreword |
| Preface |
| Dedication |
| 1 Core Concepts of NutritionIan A Macdonald and Michael J Gibney |
| 2 Molecular Aspects of NutritionHelen M Roche and Herman E Popeijus and Ronald P Mensink |
| 3 Integration of Metabolism 1: EnergyXavier M Leverv |
| 4 Integration of Metabolism 2: MacronutrientsKeith N Frayn and Abayomi O Akanji |
| 5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino AcidsMargaret E Brosnan and John T Brosnan and Vernon R Young |
| 6 Pregnancy and LactationJoop MA van Raaij and Lisette CPGM de Groot |
| 7 Growth and AgeingMark L Wahlqvist and Prasong Tienboon |
| 8 Nutrition and the BrainJohn D Fernstrom and Madelyn H Fernstrom |
| 9 The Sensory Systems and Food PalatabilityConor M Delahunty |
| 10 The Gastrointestinal TractMariano Mañas and Emilio Martínez de Victoria and Angel Gil and María D Yago and John C Mathers |
| 11 The Cardiovascular SystemGabriele Riccardi and Angela Rivellese and Christine M Williams |
| 12 The Skeletal SystemJohn M Pettifor and Ann Prentice and Kate Ward and Peter Cleaton-Jones |
| 13 The Immune and Infl ammatory SystemsParveen Yaqoob and Philip C Calder |
| 14 PhytochemicalsAedín Cassidy and Colin D Kay |
| 15 The Control of Food IntakeAdam Drewnowski and France Bellisle |
| 16 OvernutritionLinda Bandini and Albert Flynn and Renee Scampini |
| 17 UndernutritionPaul Kelly |
| 18 Exercise PerformanceAsker E Jeukendrup and Louise M Burke |
| Index |
