Human Nutrition: Formerly the Heinz Handbook of Nutrition : a Textbook of Nutrition in Health and Disease

Human Nutrition: Formerly the Heinz Handbook of Nutrition : a Textbook of Nutrition in Health and Disease
ISBN-10
0070092834
ISBN-13
9780070092839
Series
Human Nutrition
Category
Medical / General
Pages
611
Language
English
Published
1988
Publisher
Mcgraw-hill
Authors
Benjamin Theodore Burton, Willis R. Foster

Description

Abstract: The object of this book is to present concise, up-to-date, scientific and clinical opinion concerning nutrition and its application in medicine. Topics include: basic physiology and biochemistry of the human body as it relates to food intake and utilization ; nutrients, their roles in the body, sources, metabolism, and physiology; human nutritional requirements under varying conditions of health, at different ages, and in periods of physiologic stress; nutrition in disease; and, the role of nutrition in modern life.

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