With nutrition now recognised as a crucial part of the prevention and treatment of many human diseases and conditions, it is now more essential than ever that health studies, nursing and medical students have an understanding of the facts behind human nutrition.

Nutrition at a Glance continues the popular series style of providing succinct information in a user-friendly, well illustrated format, with a broad coverage taking in such key topics as:


* What makes an adequate diet
* The role of key nutrients in maintaining heath
* Food allergy and intolerance
* Obesity, cancer, cardiovascular disease and gastrointestinal disease
* Nutrition and the brain
* Food choice and food policies

An invaluable resource for students in need of an introduction to the area or a revision tool, this book will also serves as a handy quick reference for busy professionals needing to get to grips with this important subject.

Part :1 Nutritional principles

1. Diet, health and disease
2. Methods of studying nutrition: nutritional epidemiology
3. Nutrition l assessment of individuals
4. Inadequate nutritional intakes: causes
5. Inadequate nutritional intakes: consequences
6. Excessive or unbalanced nutritional intakes
7. Definitions of an adequate diet
8. Creating an adequate diet
9. Food choice: internal and external factors
10. Food choice: the food environment

Part 2: Components of a balanced diet: the nutrients and dietary factors.

11. Introduction to nutrients.
12. Carbohydrates in the diet
13. Carbohydrates in the body
14. Introduction to fats: types of fatty acids
15. Introduction to fats: related compounds and fat digestion
16. Fats: Utilisation in the body
17 Proteins: chemistry and digestion
18. Proteins: functions in the body
19. Proteins: needs and sources
20. Energy intake: food sources
21. Energy intake: control
22. Energy requirements: measurement
23. Energy requirements: components
24. Micronutrients and the heart and circulatory system I

“Recognizing that nutrition is a critical component to good health, this volume delivers to nursing students, medical students, and others in health-related fields the basic facts behind human nutrition. As it is written in an easy-to-understand language, it will also appeal to the layperson looking for a primer on nutrition.” (American Reference Books Annual, Vol. 39 (2008))
“The book covers a wide range of topics and…is succinctly written.” (Maternal and Child Nutrition, October 2008)

“Provides succinct information in a user-friendly, well illustrated format … taking in such key topics as food allergy and intolerance, obesity and gastrointestinal disease.”
(Doodys Book Reviews)


"An invaluable reference for students in need of an introduction to the area or a revision tool."
(International Food Information Service)


"Recognizing that nutrition is a critical component to good health, this volume delivers to nursing students, medical students, and others in health-related fields the basic facts behind human nutrition. As it is written in an easy-to-understand language, it will also appeal to the layperson looking for a primer on nutrition."
(American Reference Books Annual, Vol. 39)