Nutrition and Metabolism

by Lanham-New, Susan A.; Macdonald, Ian A.; Roche, Helen M.

• ISBN13: 9781444327779
• ISBN10: 1444327771
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2011-03-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

In this second edition of second title in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Nutrition and Metabolism has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student.

Author Biography

Susan A Lanham-New, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Ian A MacDonald, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

Helen M Roche, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland

Table of Contents

Contributors.

Series Foreword.

Preface.

Dedication.

1 Core Concepts of Nutrition (Ian A Macdonald and Michael J Gibney).

2 Molecular Aspects of Nutrition (Helen M Roche, Herman E Popeijus and Ronald P Mensink).

3 Integration of Metabolism 1: Energy (Xavier M Leverv).

4 Integration of Metabolism 2: Macronutrients (Keith N Frayn and Abayomi O Akanji).

5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino Acids (Margaret E Brosnan, John T Brosnan and Vernon R Young).

6 Pregnancy and Lactation (Joop MA van Raaij and Lisette CPGM de Groot).

7 Growth and Ageing(Mark L Wahlqvist and Prasong Tienboon).

8 Nutrition and the Brain (John D Fernstrom and Madelyn H Fernstrom).

9 The Sensory Systems and Food Palatability (Conor M Delahunty).

10 The Gastrointestinal Tract (Mariano Mañas, Emilio Martínez de Victoria, Angel Gil, María D Yago and John C Mathers).

11 The Cardiovascular System (Gabriele Riccardi, Angela Rivellese and Christine M Williams).

12 The Skeletal System (John M Pettifor, Ann Prentice, Kate Ward and Peter Cleaton-Jones).

13 The Immune and Infl ammatory Systems(Parveen Yaqoob and Philip C Calder).

14 Phytochemicals (Aedín Cassidy and Colin D Kay).

15 The Control of Food Intake (Adam Drewnowski and France Bellisle).

16 Overnutrition (Linda Bandini, Albert Flynn and Renee Scampini).

17 Undernutrition (Paul Kelly).

18 Exercise PerformanceAsker E Jeukendrup and Louise M Burke

Index.