Human Nutrition

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, Marie, author.

Titchenal, Alan, author.

Draper, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Textbooks.

Biology.

Science--Textbooks.

Science.

Medicine--Textbooks.

Medicine.

Nutrition--Textbooks.

Nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

2020 Edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Hawaii Manoa 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and is the OER textbook for the FSHN 185 The Science of Human Nutrition course at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.

Contents:

I. Chapter 1. Basic Concepts in Nutrition

II. Chapter 2. The Human Body

III. Chapter 3. Water and Electrolytes

IV. Chapter 4. Carbohydrates

V. Chapter 5. Lipids

VI. Chapter 6. Protein

VII. Chapter 7. Alcohol

VIII. Chapter 8. Energy

IX. Chapter 9. Vitamins

X. Chapter 10. Major Minerals

XI. Chapter 11. Trace Minerals

XII. Chapter 12. Nutrition Applications

XIII. Chapter 13. Lifespan Nutrition From Pregnancy to the Toddler Years

XIV. Chapter 14. Lifespan Nutrition During Childhood and Adolescence

XV. Chapter 15. Lifespan Nutrition in Adulthood

XVI. Chapter 16. Performance Nutrition

XVII. Chapter 17. Food Safety

XVIII. Chapter 18. Nutritional Issues

Notes:

Description based on print resource