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Human adaptation to spaceflight : the role of food and nutrition / Scott M. Smith [and three others].

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Smith, Scott M., 1963- author.
Contributor:
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, issuing body.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Astronauts--Nutrition.
Astronauts.
Space flight--Health aspects.
Space flight.
Adaptation (Biology).
Astronauts--Health and hygiene.
Adaptation, Biological.
Medical Subjects:
Adaptation, Biological.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 255 pages) : color illustrations
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Houston, Texas : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, [2021]
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Nutritional requirements for space explorers
3. Space food systems
4. Energy
5. Fluid
6. Bone
7. Muscle
8. Cardiovascular
9. Brain
10. Ocular
11. Immune
12. Oxidative stress
13. Supplements, foods, and pharmaceuticals
14. Conducting space research
15. Summary
16. Appendices.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"NP-2021-03-003-JSC"--Page 4 of cover.
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (NASA, viewed Mar. 24, 2022).
Other Format:
Print version: Smith, Scott M., 1963- Human adaptation to spaceflight.
OCLC:
1305506145

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