Nutrition essentials : a personal approach /
Schiff, Wendy J.
Nutrition essentials : a personal approach / Wendy J. Schiff. - Second edition. - New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2018]. - various paging : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes index.
Food is more than something to eat -- Nutrition information: fact or fiction -- Making more nutritious choices -- How food becomes you -- Carbohydrates: fuel and fiber -- Lipids: focusing on fats and cholesterol -- Proteins: life's building blocks -- Vitamins: nutrients that multitask -- Key minerals, water, and the nonnutrient alcohol -- Nutrition for a healthy weight and fit body -- Nutrition for your life, environment, and world -- Appendixes: English-Metric conversion and metric-to-household units -- Canada's food guide -- Daily values (DVs) table -- The basics of energy metabolism -- Answers to test yourself questions -- References -- Dietary reference intake (DRI) tables -- Stretching your food dollars -- Modifying recipes for healthy living.
"Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach is the nutrition book that is all about YOU! The personalized, consumer focus gives plenty of practical examples to help students learn about choosing foods and making decisions that are good for their health. The proven successful digital program including Connect, NutritionCalc Plus, LearnSmart and SmartBook gives students access to one of the most effective and successful adaptive learning resources available on the market today."--Back cover.
9781259706547 (pbk.)
Human nutrition--Textbooks
QP141 / Sch3 2018
Nutrition essentials : a personal approach / Wendy J. Schiff. - Second edition. - New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2018]. - various paging : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes index.
Food is more than something to eat -- Nutrition information: fact or fiction -- Making more nutritious choices -- How food becomes you -- Carbohydrates: fuel and fiber -- Lipids: focusing on fats and cholesterol -- Proteins: life's building blocks -- Vitamins: nutrients that multitask -- Key minerals, water, and the nonnutrient alcohol -- Nutrition for a healthy weight and fit body -- Nutrition for your life, environment, and world -- Appendixes: English-Metric conversion and metric-to-household units -- Canada's food guide -- Daily values (DVs) table -- The basics of energy metabolism -- Answers to test yourself questions -- References -- Dietary reference intake (DRI) tables -- Stretching your food dollars -- Modifying recipes for healthy living.
"Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach is the nutrition book that is all about YOU! The personalized, consumer focus gives plenty of practical examples to help students learn about choosing foods and making decisions that are good for their health. The proven successful digital program including Connect, NutritionCalc Plus, LearnSmart and SmartBook gives students access to one of the most effective and successful adaptive learning resources available on the market today."--Back cover.
9781259706547 (pbk.)
Human nutrition--Textbooks
QP141 / Sch3 2018