Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (MindTap Course List)

Description

Get a full understanding of how nutrition impacts healthy people as they grow, develop and function through life stages through Brown's NUTRITION THROUGH THE LIFE CYCLE, Eighth Edition. Packed with insight from leading experts, this reader-friendly text features a vibrant full-color design filled with illustrations that make abstract ideas easy to visualize. Using a unique "layered approach," the book progresses from preconception to the end stages of the life cycle, alternating chapters between normal and clinical nutrition to give you the complete picture. This edition reflects the latest research and dietary guidelines in its comprehensive coverage of nutritional needs, nutrition and health disease outcomes, model programs, healthful diets, nutrients, gene variants, nutrient-gene interactions and more. Case studies give you further insight into clinical applications and care standards in real-world practice.