Nutrition and Health

Description:

Nutrition and Health is an easy-to-read introduction to the role of the human diet in maintaining a healthy body and preventing disease. Wiseman provides a concise overview of all important aspects of diet and health including:* definitions of food types* energy requirements, exercise, obesity and eating disorders* nutrition in pregnancy, children and the elderly* food additives and interpreting food labels* food-borne illness, intolerance and allergy* vitamins, minerals, and water requirementsHighlighted with key points, figures and examples throughout, this text is an ideal introduction for all students of biology, medicine, nursing and midwifery.

subjects: Business,  Management,  Nonfiction,  Nutrition,  Diet therapy,  Diet,  Saúde (prevenção e controle),  Nutrição humana,  Einführung,  Gesunde Ernährung,  Dietoterapia,  Nutritional Physiological Phenomena,  Diet in disease,  Diétothérapie,  Régimes alimentaires,  HEALTH & FITNESS,  Diets,  MEDICAL,  Nursing,  Food Content Guides