Principles of Human Nutrition (ePub)

This exciting new book is the updated and revised second edition of
an extremely popular and well-received textbook. Written by Martin
Eastwood, well respected internationally in nutritional sciences,
this important new edition provides students with a thorough book
that should be adopted for course use on many courses
worldwide.

Taking into account constructive comments received by students
and teachers who used and enjoyed the first edition, this new
edition retains the original freshness of the 1st edition, looking
at nutrition as an exciting discipline. Special features within the
book to help students include summaries, boxes and questions.
Carefully laid out to assist learning, the book is divided broadly
into sections, providing in-depth coverage of the following
subjects:

* food in the community

* metabolism of nutrients by an individual, dictated by
genetic makeup,

* measurement of an individual's nutritional
status

* essential, non-essential and non-nutrients; their selection,
ingestion, digestion, absorption and metabolism

* nutritional requirements in the normal individual and for
specific diseases

Principles of Human Nutrition, 2nd Edition is primarily
written as a course text for those studying degree courses in
nutrition and dietetics and for students on modular courses on
nutrition within other degree courses, e.g. food studies, medicine,
health sciences, nursing and biological sciences. It is also of
great value as a reference for professional nutritionists and
dietitians, food scientists and health professionals based in
academia, in practice and in commercial positions such as within
the food and pharmaceutical industries. Multiple copies of this
valuable book should also be on the shelves of all universities,
medical schools and research establishments where these subjects
are studied and taught.

For supplementary material associated with this textbook and its
contents, please visit the web pages for this book, on the
publishers' website:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/eastwood/

Martin Eastwood was formerly consultant
gastroenterologist at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, U.
K. and Reader in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, U. K.