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Edited by: Michael Gibney
(University College Dublin), Ian Macdonald and Helen Roche
(Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Health Sciences Centre,
Ireland.)
As an academic subject,
nutrition has grown enormously in recent years and with it the need
for specialist textbooks on the subject. In response to this need,
a decision was taken by The Nutrition Society to produce a
ground-breaking series of four textbooks, of which Nutrition and
Metabolism is the second. Having ensured a basic knowledge in
nutrition with Introduction to Human
Nutrition, this book allows students to explore nutrition and
metabolism across the various systems of the body rather than to
deal in advanced aspects of nutrition and metabolism on a nutrient
by nutrient basis or by group of nutrients. Thus there is not an
identifiable chapter on Vitamin A; this vitamin is covered in all
of these chapters: The Nutrient Requirements of Tissues and Organs,
The Sensory System, Molecular aspects of Nutrition, The
Reproductive System, The immune and inflammatory System and
Under-nutrition.
The books
in the series:
-Provide students with the
required scientific basis in nutrition, in the context of a systems
and health approach.
-Enable teachers and students
to explore the core principles of nutrition and to apply these
throughout their training to foster critical thinking at all times.
Each chapter identifies the key areas of knowledge that must be
understood and also the key points of critical thought that must
accompany the acquisition of this knowledge.
-Are fully peer reviewed to
ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure
that each book takes a global perspective and is applicable for use
by nutritionists and on nutrition courses throughout the world.
Nutritionists, dieticians and
students in these fields will find this an important resource and
Libraries in universities, medical schools and establishments
teaching and researching in the area of nutrition will find
Clinical Nutrition a valuable addition to their shelves.
Contents:
Core concepts of nutrition;
Molecular nutrition; The regulation of food intake; Integration of
metabolism 1. Energy; Integration of metabolism 2: Carbohydrates
& lipids; Integration of metabolism 3:Protein & amino
acids; Phytochemicals; Pregnancy and lactation; Growth and Aging;
Gastrointestinal tract; Cardiovascular system The skeletal system;
The immune and in flammatory systems; The sensory systems; Physical
activity; Overnutrition: undernutrition
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Second in the ground-breaking series of Nutrition Society textbooks, Nutrition & Metabolism provides the student with the detailed information they need about how different nutrients effect and are required by different parts of the body. |
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£35.50
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