Nutrition and metabolism

✍ Scribed by Gibney M., Macdonald I., Roche H. (eds.)

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 447
• Series: The Nutrition Society Textbook
• Edition: 2ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this second edition of second title in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Nutrition and Metabolism has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student.

✦ Table of Contents

Nutrition and Metabolism......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Series Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
First Edition Acknowledgments......Page 13
Dedication......Page 15
1 Core Concepts of Nutrition......Page 17
2 Molecular Aspects of Nutrition......Page 23
3 Integration of Metabolism 1: Energy......Page 51
4 Integration of Metabolism 2: Macronutrients......Page 65
5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino Acids......Page 88
6 Pregnancy and Lactation......Page 118
7 Growth and Ageing......Page 135
8 Nutrition and the Brain......Page 171
9 The Sensory Systems and Food Palatability......Page 200
10 The Gastrointestinal Tract......Page 221
11 The Cardiovascular System......Page 263
12 The Skeletal System......Page 288
13 The Immune and Inflammatory Systems......Page 328
14 Phytochemicals......Page 355
15 The Control of Food Intake......Page 369
16 Overnutrition......Page 376
17 Undernutrition......Page 394
18 Exercise Performance......Page 403
Index......Page 434