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Nutrition is pivotal to every aspect of human health. In physical and mental development and from conception to death, good nutrition ensures optimum human performance in all areas of life. The consequences of poor nutrition are clearly seen in developed and developing countries alike, in the types of illness that prevail and the most common causes of premature death. Essentials of Human Nutrition has already established itself as the most reliable and accessible textbook for students embarking on courses in human nutrition. It has been adopted as a course textbook in several countries and has proven to be an invaluable reference work for medical students, doctors and other health professionals requiring up-to-date, authoritative information on the role of nutrition in monitoring human health, in the causes and treatments of human illnesses and chronic disease prevention. This new edition builds on the success of the first by keeping the information contained as current as possible. All the sections have been thoroughly revised and updated and a new chapter on 'Functional Foods' has added to the comprehensiveness of the coverage. Other topics include: * Detailed analysis of all the major food groups * Disorders related to inappropriate food intake * Measuring nutrition * Exploration of changing needs through the life stages * Public health issues * Individual case studies From Review of Essentials of Human Nutrition 1/e "The breadth of coverage guarantees that there is somethign to be learned for even the most advanced student...the chapters provide interesting and informative reading." Clinical and Investigative Medicine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #412024 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 688 pages

About the Author
Professor J. Mann is based at the Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Customer Reviews

A good understanding of biochemistry required before taking on this book
I purchased this book for a Nutrition course I am studying but haven't found it particularly helpful. I have found that to really get to grips with the content and actually understand the finer points a very good understanding of biochemistry and chemistry is required. It does seem to be a comprehensive and well structured book, but it is written with an assumption that the reader already has a chemistry background. If you don't then too much of it will go over your head for it to be truly useful.

A terrific book
I really understood the topics this book dealt with after reading it, I recommend it to anybody