Nutrition and You

Description

Nutrition and You incorporates a personalized approach to readers nutritional concerns and interests in a readable, engaging, and motivating style. The photos, illustrations, and text present each vitamin and mineral in self-contained spreads, called Visual Summary Tables, that appeal to readers propensity for visual learning. This format enables readers to identify the key aspects of each nutrient at a glance and in a consistent and easy-to-study format.What Is Nutrition? Tools for Healthy Eating, How The Body Uses the Food and Nutrients You Eat, Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starches, and Fiber, Lipids: Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols, Proteins and Amino Acids, Vitamins, Minerals and Water, Alcohol, Weight Management and Disordered Eating, Nutrition and Fitness, Food Safety and Technology, Eating throughout the Lifecycle: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Infants, Eating throughout the Lifecycle: Toddlers through Later Years, Hunger at Home and Abroad For all readers interested in a personal approach to nutrition.