Nutrition Concepts Controversies

Nourish your mind and body 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 world hunger, chronic diseases, dietary guidelines and eating patterns. Available with the MindTap learning platform, the 15th edition also offers self-quizzing and activities to propel your learning from memorization to mastery. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, fifth Canadian edition, is an engaging text that strikes a balance with its scientific research, core concepts, and relevant applications. The authors draw readers into the study of nutrition with a lively and approachable writing style while dispelling students' misconceptions and empowering them to make better nutrition choices and better behaviour changes.

In this update of a textbook that has been used in nutrition courses for about 25 years, dietitians (formerly affiliated with Florida State U.) present current information about standard topics in the field. However, the new USDA Food Guide Pyramid was introduced just as this text went to press. Emphasizing healthy lifestyle choices throughout life, the authors also address debates over genetically modified foods and treating global hunger. Chapters contain special features on nutrients, consumer issues, and a list of resources available on the companion CD and student website. Annotation :2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

List of tables; Education of caregiver; Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of caregiver; Physical health and nutritional status of caregiver; Mental health, self-confidence, and lack of stress of caregiver; Autonomy and control of resources in the household by caregiver; Workload and time availability of caregiver; Social support for caregiver; Estimates of time spent on child care from observation and recall; Feeding practices: caregiver-child interactions; Feeding practices: child variables; Psychosocial care: child and caregiver interactions; Psychosocial care: child variables; Illustrations; The unicef conceptual model; The extended model of care; The transactional model of care; Pathways of interaction of education with caregiving; Possible pathways of interaction of maternal health and caregiving; Summary; Introduction; Developments in conceptualizing care; Resources for care; Care practices.