Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, MyPlate Update

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Cengage Learning, 6 dic 2011 - 848 páginas
Why not have it ALL for your Introductory Nutrition course? With Sizer/Whitney's NUTRITION: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES, MYPLATE UPDATE, 12e you can! A trusted author team with unparalleled research and excellent writing A modern textbook thoroughly updated with 2010 Dietary Guidelines, MyPlate, and Healthy People 2020. A superior program integrated with market-leading Diet Analysis software to meet all teaching and learning objectives. Updated with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines, MyPlate, and Healthy People 2020, NUTRITON: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES, MYPLATE UPDATE, continues to focus on core nutrition principles and their personal applications while offering outstanding coverage of the biological foundations of nutrition without assuming previous knowledge. The authors' lively, approachable writing style gives students just the right amount of detail--striking the perfect balance between scientific research, core concepts, and applications that provide a meaningful context for students. Drawing readers into the study of nutrition, the text dispels students' existing misconceptions, and empowers them to make better nutrition choices and enact real, lasting behavior change.
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Sobre el autor (2011)

Frances Sizer is a founder and vice president of Nutrition and Health Associates, a nonprofit education and resource center for nutrition and related research. A Fellow of the American Dietetic Association and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Sizer is a leading author in the field of nutrition. Her titles include NUTRITION: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES; NUTRITION CLINICS; THE FITNESS TRIAD: MOTIVATION, TRAINING, AND NUTRITION; and one of the first interactive learning tools ono the market called NUTRITION INTERACTIVE CD-ROM. In addition to writing, Ms. Sizer volunteers with hunger and homeless relief groups in her community. She earned her BS and MS degrees from Florida State University. Ellie Whitney has coauthored almost a dozen textbooks on nutrition, health, and related topics. Before retiring, Dr. Whitney taught at Florida State University and Florida A&M University, and spent three decades studying Florida and its ecology. Today, she devotes her time and passion to climate change issues and volunteers for the nonpartisan national nonprofit Citizens Climate Lobby. Dr. Whitney holds B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Biology from Radcliffe and Washington Universities.

Información bibliográfica

TítuloNutrition: Concepts and Controversies, MyPlate Update
AutoresFrances Sizer, Ellie Whitney
Edición12, revisada
EditorCengage Learning, 2011
ISBN1133628184, 9781133628187
N.º de páginas848 páginas
  
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