Nutrition : Science and Applications (Fourth edition)

Integration of health and disease relationships fuels student interest and continuously reinforces the applicability of nutrition science to the students lives, helping them appreciate how and why their diet affects their healthCritical thinking approach gives students the tools they need to bring nutrition out of the classroom and apply the logic of science to their own nutrition concernsIntegrated metabolism reinforces understanding of one of the most challenging topics for students, making metabolism more manageable and memorable by presenting the material in smaller chunks relevant to the nutrient being discussedThe total diet, not individual foods, is the focus and the overall dietary pattern is stressed as the factor that determines the healthfulness of your diet