Nutrition & You [with MyDietAnalysis 3.0]

by Joan Salge Blake

Nutrition and You incorporates a personalized approach to readers' nutritional concerns and interests in a readable, engaging, and motivating style. The photos, illustrations, and text present each vitamin and mineral in self-contained spreads, called Visual Summary Tables, that appeal to readers' propensity for visual learning. This format enables readers to identify the key aspects of each nutrient at a glance and in a consistent and easy-to-study format. What Is Nutrition? Tools for Healthy Eating, How The Body Uses the Food and Nutrients You Eat, Sugars, Starches, and Fiber, Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols, Proteins and Amino Acids, Vitamins, Minerals and Water, Alcohol, Weight Management and Disordered Eating, Nutrition and Fitness, Food Safety and Technology, Eating throughout the Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Infants, Eating throughout the Toddlers through Later Years, Hunger at Home and Abroad For all readers interested in a personal approach to nutrition.

Genres: Nonfiction

557 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2007

Reviews

[L Campagnola]

Thought I knew about nutrition. I now realize there is much more to know.

[e.m · Rating 2 out of 5]

i’m so done with my nutrition class never want to read this again

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Over-produced. Could've done without the Big Pictures! and the Infographics! and all the cutesy high-school textbook stuff. Would've preferred a more condensed book. That said, it has the information needed, if a bit watered down.

[Tracie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Currently reading this book for my Nutrition 101 course.

[Colette · Rating 3 out of 5]

current textbook

[Tyffanie A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read & understand the nutrition concepts