This book covers nutritional needs over the entire life span, from prenatal to elder years. It focuses on nutrition during pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Each life span section features a specialized topic for focus, such as weight control for early adulthood, disease prevention for middle adulthood, and managing the aging process for older adulthood.
Geared to repeat dieters who have dieted their way into chronic disorders and ill health, especially to those who "think they are too far gone to be helped.
Nutrition Across the Life Span
Libraries in all universities and research establishments where nutrition, dietetics, health and medical sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this book available on their shelves.
The second edition of this successful text includes: Expanded introductory material to ensure a firm grasp of key concepts New content on vegetarian, vegan, kosher and other alternative diets Dieting in adults Gender and nutrition Macro- ...
This comprehensive book is divided into three sections and presents a balanced overview of dairy’s impact on nutrition from infancy to adulthood.
The IOM's Food Forum held a workshop October 29-30, 2009, to discuss food safety and nutrition concerns for older adults.
Abstract: Aspects of nutrition specific to each age groupare addressed in a text covering the entire life span frominfancy to old age. Basic nutrition concepts which emphasizethe association between the...
Dwarf Lewis rat (dw/dw):(Sonntag, 2005). Dwarf Lewis rats carry a recessive mutation (not mapped or characterized) that has no effect on other pituitary hormones (Charlton et al, 1988; Ramsey et al, 2002). Augmentation of GH after ...
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This book presents research in eating disorders, heart disease, diabetes, and many other topics.