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Nourish your mind with UNDERSTANDING NORMAL AND CLINICAL NUTRITION,
12th Edition! Start by learning about normal nutrition, including
the effects of food and nutrients on your mental and physical
health, and then turn your focus to the clinical side of nutrition
and the therapeutic care of people with health problems. Packed
with practical information and resources, this text is designed to
help you understand and apply nutrition concepts to your daily life
as well as to clinical settings. Features in the text include
real-life case studies and questions, step-by-step "How To"
instruction, detailed illustrations, intriguing vignettes, a full
glossary, and much more. Regardless of your background, the
authors' enthusiasm, student-friendly writing, careful
explanations, and concise coverage of current topics will inspire
you to take a healthy look at the field of nutrition!
Make better food choices and live a healthier life with NUTRITION:
CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES. More conversational than a pure-science
text, this book explores the essentials of nutrition--including how
the body breaks down and uses food, food safety, sports nutrition
and special nutritional needs throughout the human life cycle--and
asks you to weigh in on relevant debates, such as sustainable
diets, the safety of supplements, genetically modified foods, how
much is too much sugar, and "keto" and "paleo" diets. NUTRITION:
CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES is available with the MindTap learning
platform, which offers self-quizzing and activities to propel your
learning from memorization to mastery.
Prepare for your future career in nutrition with this bestselling
text--which makes the science of nutrition relatable and
meaningful. UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION makes the sometimes confusing
topic of nutrition easy to understand by offering step-by-step
coverage of nutrition concepts and related processes. Vivid
illustrations and quick-reference nutrition tables make even the
most difficult concepts easy to master. With an understanding of
nutrition, you can make healthy choices in your daily life and
provide others with accurate information in your professional
career.
Build a healthier future with Sizer/Whitney's NUTRITION: CONCEPTS
AND CONTROVERSIES! Updated throughout and featuring the new Dietary
Guidelines, this clear and engaging market leader strikes the
perfect balance of scientific research, core concepts, and relevant
applications. With a lively and approachable writing style, the
authors dispel existing misconceptions and empower you to make
better nutrition choices and enact real, lasting behavior change.
Taken from the earlier book "Priceless Florida" (and modified for a
stand-alone book), this volume discusses the well-drained areas of
Florida, including high pine grasslands, flatwoods and prairies,
interior scrub, hardwood hammocks, rocklands and caves, and beach
dunes. Introduces readers to the trees and plants, insects,
mammals, reptiles, and other species that live in Florida's unique
uplands ecosystem.
The bestselling UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION makes the science of
nutrition meaningful and memorable. Updated with the latest
available research and the new 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines, the
15th Edition emphasizes active learning and prepares students for
their future careers. Authors Whitney and Rolfes draw readers into
the study of nutrition with a lively and approachable writing
style--dispelling students' existing misconceptions and empowering
them to make better nutrition choices and enact lasting behavior
change.
Taken from the earlier book "Priceless Florida" (and modified for a
stand-alone book), this volume discusses the fresh- and saltwater
systems of Florida, including lakes and ponds; rivers and streams;
springs; aquatic caves; estuarine waters and seafloors; submarine
meadows, sponge, rock, and reef communities; and the Gulf and
Atlantic Ocean. Introduces readers to the trees and plants,
insects, mammals, reptiles, and other species that live in
Florida's unique water ecosystems, including chicken turtle,
barking treefrogs, osprey, herons, bass, crayfish, conchs,
cordgrass, and railroad vine. Discusses the food chain and the
interconnectedness of all species.
Taken from the earlier book "Priceless Florida" (and modified for a
stand-alone book), this volume discusses Florida's wetlands,
including interior wetlands, seepage wetlands, marshes,
flowing-water swamps, beaches and marine marshes, and mangrove
swamps. Introduces readers to the trees and plants, insects,
mammals, reptiles, and other species that live in Florida's unique
wetlands ecosystem, including the Virginia iris, American white
waterlily, cypress, treefrogs, warblers, and the Florida black
bear.
With more than 1 million readers, bestselling UNDERSTANDING
NUTRITION emphasizes strong science and nutrition basics, hands-on
learning, and the most current coverage available. Packaged with
the 2015 Dietary Guidelines, the 14th Edition includes new and
updated topics in every chapter, quick-reference tables, expansive
weight loss information, thorough coverage of fitness and energy
systems, and much more. Readers quickly connect with the text's
approachable writing style and carefully developed art program, and
its emphasis on active learning includes a rich variety of ways to
help you put what you learn into action. You will also be
challenged to evaluate your own dietary choices and set healthy
goals through activities in the Diet & Wellness Plus digital
app. In addition, through the MindTap for Nutrition companion
online program, you can create a customizable learning path to walk
you step by step through the course.
"Fight" is a fast-paced, readable, accurate account of the struggle
that took place in Tallahassee over the City Commission's intent to
build a coal-fired power plant to help meet the City's growing
demand for electric power. Concerned about the impending climate
crisis, a few citizens undertook to resist the plan, and in the
process faced a bewildering welter of underhanded tactics mounted
by the titanic coal industry,
NORMAL AND CLINICAL NUTRITION, 9E, International Edition provides
the most current and comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of
nutrition and nutrition therapy for an introductory course. The
early chapters focus on "normal" nutrition, including digestion and
metabolism, vitamins and minerals, and life cycle nutrition. The
later chapters cover "clinical" nutrition--the pathophysiology and
nutrition therapy for a wide range of medical conditions. The text
integrates practical information and valuable resources to help
students apply nutrition knowledge and skills to their daily lives
and the clinical setting. Features, such as case studies, "How To"
boxes with real-world examples, and study cards, help students
apply the material and build their conceptual understanding.
Regardless of the students' background, the consistent level,
approachable narrative, and careful explanations in NORMAL AND
CLINICAL NUTRITION, 9E, International Edition will engage students
and enable them to be actively involved in the field of nutrition.
Why not have it ALL for your Introductory Nutrition course? With
Sizer/Whitney's NUTRITION: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES 13e you can A
trusted author team with unparalleled research and excellent
writing. A modern textbook thoroughly updated and with relevant
applications A superior program integrated with market-leading Diet
Analysis software to meet all teaching and learning objectives.
Updated throughout-from content to design and art-the new
Thirteenth Edition 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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