Essentials of Human Nutrition

Essentials of Human Nutrition
ISBN-10
0198752989
ISBN-13
9780198752981
Category
Dietetics
Pages
744
Language
English
Published
2017-04-13
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
A. Stewart Truswell, Jim Mann

Description

Food is one of the basic necessities of life, yet nutrition has only relatively recently been recognised as one of the most important determinants of individual and public health. A full understanding of this multi-faceted subject area requires an integrated approach, from molecular to societal level. Essentials of Human Nutrition provides a complete and student-friendly introduction to the field making it an ideal companion forstudents throughout their study of nutrition. Careful editing of contributions from an international team of experts draws together a broad spectrum of disciplines and promotes the practical application ofnutritional science at the human level, covering everything a student needs to know in order to understand the importance of nutrition to health and disease.

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