Principles of human nutrition

Principles of Human Nutrition is a major new textbook written primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate students. This important new book covers in depth the principal aspects of human nutrition, with particular emphasis on the chemical nature of nutrients and their metabolism. Within the pages of this comprehensive work, nutrition is looked at in the context of the history of food, the food chain, and epidemiology with respect to deficient, normal and excessive diets. Full coverage is also given to the principles of intermediate metabolism of nutrients and these are shown to be determined by the genetic and isoenzyme constitution of the individual. Principles of Human Nutrition is an ideal text and reference source for undergraduate students in the fields of nutrition, medicine, biochemistry, biological and health sciences, food science, nursing and dietetics. Graduate students will also find a great deal of useful information within this book and it will also serve as a comprehensive source for professionals working in these fields.

שנה

1997

שפה

English

הוצאה

Springer London, Limited

מהדורות

1

ISBN

9781489930255

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