Human Metabolism

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A Regulatory Perspective

By Keith N. Frayn and Rhys Evans

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Human Metabolism is a thoroughly updated and accessible guide to the complex processes of human metabolism and metabolic regulation. It covers essential topics such as energy balance, body weight regulation, exercise physiology, and the body's response to extreme conditions. The fourth edition features a vivid full-colour design, clear illustrations of metabolic mechanisms, chapter summaries, and additional explanatory content. It also includes expanded discussion on metabolic pathways and diseases, making it an invaluable resource for students and professionals in medicine, biochemistry, nutrition, dietetics, sports science, and nursing.
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This book is ideal for students and practitioners in health sciences such as medicine, biochemistry, nutrition, dietetics, sports science, and nursing who require a comprehensive and current understanding of human metabolic processes.

Preceded by Metabolic regulation / Keith N. Frayn. 3rd ed. 2010.

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The updated bestselling guide to human metabolism and metabolic regulation

The revised and comprehensively updated new edition of Human Metabolism (formerly Metabolic Regulation – A Human Perspective) offers a current and integrated review of metabolism and metabolic regulation. The authors explain difficult concepts in clear and concise terms in order to provide an accessible and essential guide to the topic. This comprehensive text covers a wide range of topics such as energy balance, body weight regulation, exercise, and how the body copes with extreme situations, illustrating how metabolic regulation allows the human body to adapt to many different conditions.

This fourth edition has been revised with a new full colour text design and helpful illustrations that illuminate the regulatory mechanisms by which all cells control the metabolic processes necessary for life. The text includes chapter summaries and additional explanatory text that help clarify the information presented. In addition, the newly revised edition includes more content on metabolic pathways and metabolic diseases. This important resource:

Is a valuable tool for scientists, practitioners and students across a broad range of health sciences including medicine, biochemistry, nutrition, dietetics, sports science and nursing.
Includes a full colour text filled with illustrations and additional diagrams to aid understanding.
Offers a companion website with additional learning and teaching resources.

Written for students of medicine, biochemistry, nutrition, dietetics, sports science and nursing, Human Metabolism has been revised and updated to provide a comprehensive review of metabolism and metabolic regulation.

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Critical acclaim for the 4th edition:

"Frayn and Evans have done a marvellous job of updating this textbook to reflect recent developments in metabolic research ... I now have the relatively simple task of updating my reading list for this coming year's lectures to recommend this terrific new edition." (Physiology News Autumn 2019, Issue 116)

"This textbook has been a masterpiece since the first edition ... giving a superb explanation of human metabolism to a wide range of readers and students. 'Human Metabolism' remains a favourite reference for many teachers and students across medical programmes including medicine, nursing and biochemistry ... The book has improved with each edition by providing up-to-date information in a field where knowledge has rapidly advanced over the past 25 years." (Clinical Nutrition)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119331438

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 April 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 4th edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 249.0mm

Weight: 794g

Pages: 400

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Education & Reference Health & Wellness Keith N. Frayn Non-Fiction Rhys Evans

About the Author

Keith N. Frayn, Emeritus Professor of Human Metabolism, University of Oxford, UK.

Rhys D. Evans, Reader in Metabolic Biochemistry, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK.