Student Study Guide for Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies

by SIZER/WHITNEY

• ISBN13: 9780534564681
• ISBN10: 0534564682
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-11
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Each Study Guide chapter includes Chapter Objectives; Key Concepts; Study Aids; and approximately 20 Summing Up questions (fill-in-the-blank paragraph format), 10 chapter study questions (short essay format), 10 short answer questions, 3-5 problems (calculations), and 20 multiple choice (sample test questions). Total of 60-70 questions per chapter. Answers are provided at the end of each chapter for all types of questions.

Table of Contents

Food Choices and Human Health	p. 1
Who Speaks On Nutrition?	p. 22
Nutrition Tools - Standards and Guidelines	p. 27
The Mediterranean Diet: Does It Hold the Secret for a Healthy Heart?	p. 60
The Remarkable Body	p. 65
Should We Be Eating the "Natural" Foods of Ancient Diets?	p. 88
The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen, and Fiber	p. 93
Sugar and Alternative Sweeteners: Are They "Bad" for You?	p. 124
The Lipids: Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols	p. 133
Alcohol and Nutrition	p. 167
The Proteins and Amino Acids	p. 175
Vegetarians versus Meat Eaters: Whose Diet Is Best?	p. 203
The Vitamins	p. 209
Antioxidant Nutrients: Magic Bullets?	p. 256
Water and Minerals	p. 263
Osteoporosis and Calcium	p. 304
Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight	p. 313
The Diet Debate: Who Chooses, Who Profits, and What Are the Risks?	p. 350
Nutrients, Physical Activity, and the Body's Responses	p. 355
What Causes Eating Disorders?	p. 384
Diet and Health	p. 391
Phytochemicals: Can They Prevent Chronic Diseases?	p. 424
Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant	p. 431
Medicines, Other Drugs, and Nutrition	p. 463
Child, Teen, and Older Adult	p. 469
Food, Mind, and Memory	p. 501
Food Safety and Food Technology	p. 507
Future Foods: Are the New Food Technologies Safe?	p. 539
Hunger and the Global Environment	p. 547
Agribusiness and Sustainable Food Production: How to Go Forward?	p. 562
Appendixes
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