Include Index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Food choices and human health -- Nutrition tools: standards & guidelines -- Carbohydrates: sugar, starch, glycogen, and fiber -- The lipids: fats, oils, phospholipids, and sterols -- The proteins and amino acids -- The vitamins -- Water and minerals -- Energy balance and healthy body weight -- Nutrients, physical activity, and the body's responses -- Diet and health -- Food safety and food technology -- Life cycle nutrition: mother and infant -- Child, teen, and older adult -- Hunger and the global environment.