Wardlaws Contemporary Nutrition Updated with 2015 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 10th Edition

Contemporary Nutrition is a complete and balanced resource for nutrition information written at a level non-science majors can understand. Current research is at the core of the tenth edition, with revised statistics, incorporation of new results of clinical trials, and updated recommendations. The text provides students who lack a strong science background the ideal balance of reliable nutrition information and practical consumer-oriented knowledge. Always looking to make the content relevant to learners, the authors highlight health conditions, medications, food products, and supplements students or members of their families may be using. With their friendly writing style, the authors act as the student’s personal guide to dispelling common misconceptions and to gaining a solid foundation for making informed nutrition choices.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Nutrition, Food Choices, and Health
Chapter 2 Guidelines for Designing a Healthy Diet
Chapter 3 The Human Body: A Nutrition Perspective
Chapter 4 Carbohydrates
Chapter 5 Lipids
Chapter 6 Proteins
Chapter 7 Energy Balance and Weight Control
Chapter 8 Vitamins
Chapter 9 Water and Minerals
Chapter 10 Nutrition: Fitness and Sports
Chapter 11 Eating Disorders
Chapter 12 Undernutrition Throughout the World
Chapter 13 Safety of Our Food Supply
Chapter 14 Nutrition During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Chapter 15 Nutrition from Infancy Through Adolescence
Chapter 16 Nutrition During Adulthood
Appendix A Daily Values Used on Food Labels
Appendix B Diabetes Menu-Planning Tools
Appendix C Dietary Intake and Energy Expenditure Assessment
Appendix D Chemical Structures Important in Nutrition
Appendix E Sources of Nutrition Information
Appendix F English-Metric Conversions and Metric Units