Nutrition and Metabolism
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Nutrition and Metabolism
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.
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.
Series: The Nutrition Society Textbook
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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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