Insel, P: Nutrition

circumstances.*Position statements from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Heart Association bolster the assertions made by the authors, showcasing concurrent opinions held by some of the leading organizations in nutrition and health. *Quick Bites present fun facts about nutrition-related topics such as exotic foods, social customs, origins of phrases, folk remedies, and medical history, among others. *For Your Information offers more in-depth treatment of controversial and timely topics, such as unfounded claims about the effects of sugar, whether athletes need more protein, and usefulness of the glycemic index. *Label to Table helps students apply their new decision-making skills at the supermarket. It walks students through the various types of information that appear on food labels, including government-mandated terminology, misleading advertising phrases, and amounts of ingredients. *Nutrition Science in Action walks students through science experiments involving nutrition.It presents observations and hypotheses, an experimental plan, and results, conclusions, and discussions that allow students to apply their knowledge of nutrition to real-life experiments outside of the classroom. *Key Terms are defined on the page for quick student comprehension, and are listed in the learning portfolio at the end of every chapter. *Study Points summarize the key concepts of every chapter. *Study Questions challenge students to consider the material they learned, and test their comprehension with concise, focused questions. *Try This activities encourage students to put theory into practice and will help students whose learning style is experimental. *What About Bobbie tracks the eating habits and health-related decisions of a typical college student enabling students to apply the material they have learned in the chapter to a typical situation. *Electronic Student Study Guide access is available with every new text at no additional cost to your students