Product Description

In this second edition of the introductory text in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Introduction to Human Nutrition has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student. Introduction to Human Nutrition is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food science, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find much of great value within its covers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89581 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

From the Back Cover
In this Second Edition of the introductory text in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Introduction to Human Nutrition has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student. Groundbreaking in their scope and approach, the titles in the series:

•  Provide students with the required scientific basics of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach
• Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition, to apply these throughout their training, and to foster critical thinking at all times. Throughout, key areas of knowledge are identified
• Are fully peer reviewed, to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspective

Introduction to Human Nutrition is an essential purchase for undergraduate and postgraduate students of nutrition/nutrition and dietetics degrees, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food science, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find much of great value within this book.

About the Author
Michael Gibney, Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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

Aedin Cassidy, School of Medicine, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Hester Vorster, Faculty of Health Sciences, North–West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Customer Reviews

Good but "introduction" is VERY misleading...
While this is a good and very detailed textbook with very recent research and lots of tables and graphs to back up all information given there are many problems that this book has when compared with other nutritional books:

1) No Colour, which although is not a big disadvantage, most books at this high-end price bracket will have colour and it makes certain diagrams harder to view.

2) This book is quite advanced, if you are new to nutrition or just going into 1st year degree nutrition I would not recommend this, it is very advanced, and really it should say "Introduction to POSTGRADUATE nutrition" not only is it very details, but the facts are not presented in such a entertaining way like some better textbooks are and reads more like a journal.

To conclude, although it is very factual and has a ton of info in it, but just really isent good for a introduction to the subject, but much better for 2nd and 3 year B.sci, as well as postgrad.