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Nutrition and Metabolism

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Comprehensive resource on all aspects of nutrition and metabolism; covering vitamin and mineral deficiencies, diseases, immunity, brain and bone health, and more. Now in its third edition, Nutrition and Metabolism has been updated throughout to present readers with the core principles of nutrition in the context... Read More
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Revised edition of: Nutrition and metabolism / edited on behalf of the Nutrition Society by Susan A Lanham-New, Helen Roche, Ian MacDonald. 2nd ed. 2011.

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Comprehensive resource on all aspects of nutrition and metabolism; covering vitamin and mineral deficiencies, diseases, immunity, brain and bone health, and more.

Now in its third edition, Nutrition and Metabolism has been updated throughout to present readers with the core principles of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach.

Written by a team of internationally renowned experts, the text includes information on:

  • Body composition, energy metabolism, proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, food intake, and food composition
  • Energy, macronutrients, pregnancy and lactation, growth and aging, brain nutrition, sensory systems and food palatability, the gastrointestinal system, and the cardiovascular system
  • Societal food choices, over- and undernutrition, eating disorders, dieting, foetal programming, cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes
  • How nutrition affects the liver, pancreas, kidney, lungs, heart and blood vessels, and how nutrition relates to the development of traumatic, infectious, and malignant diseases

Nutrition and Metabolism is an essential resource for students and practitioners of nutrition and dietetics, as well as students majoring in other subjects that have a nutrition component.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119840237

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 3rd edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Susan A. Lanham-New
  • Edited by Helen M. Roche
  • Edited by Ian A. Macdonald
  • Edited by Annemie M. W. J. Schols

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 252.0mm

Weight: 1134g

Pages: 496

About the Author

Professor Helen M. Roche, Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Professor Ian A. Macdonald, Professor Emeritus in Metabolic Physiology at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Professor Annemie M.W.J. Schols, Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism in Chronic Diseases at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Professor Susan A. Lanham-New, Professor of Human Nutrition and Head of Department at the University of Surrey, UK.

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