tailieunhanh - Essentials of Human Nutrition Second Edition

This book is about what we consider the essentials of human nutrition. The science of human nutrition deals with all the effects on people of any component found in food. This starts with the physiological and biochemical processes involved in nourishment—how substances in food provide energy or are converted into body tissues, and the diseases that result from insufficiency or excess of essential nutrients (malnutrition). The role of food components in the development of chronic degenerative disease like coronary heart disease, cancers, dental caries, etc., are major targets of research activity nowadays. The scope of nutrition extends to any effect of food on human function: fetal health and. | Essentials of Human Nutrition Second Edition Oxford University Press makes no representation express or implied that the drug dosages in this book are correct. Readers must therefore always check the product information and clinical procedures with the most up-to-date published product information and data sheets provided by the manufacturers and the most recent codes of conduct and safety regulations. The authors and the publishers do not accept responsibility or legal liability for any errors in the text or for the misuse or misapplication of material in this work. Essentials of Human Nutrition SECOND EDITION Edited by Jim Mann Professor of Human Nutrition University of Otago New Zealand A. Stewart Truswell Professor of Human Nutrition University of Sydney Australia OXFORD UNIVERSITY .