Nutrition: From Science to You, Brief Edition - Hardcover

Blake, Joan Salge; Munoz, Kathy D.; Volpe, Stella

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0134039424 ISBN 13: 9780134039428

Verlag: Pearson Education (US), 2015

Inhaltsangabe

For introductory nutrition courses.



A clear and personal approach to nutrition

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Joan Salge Blake, MS, RD, LDN, Boston University

Joan Salge Blake is the author of Nutrition & You, our successful book for the non-majors nutrition course, in addition to this text. Joan is a clinical associate professor and dietetics internship director at Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She teaches both graduate and undergraduate nutrition courses and has been a guest lecturer at both the BU Goldman School of Dental Medicine and BU School of Medicine. Joan completed her MS from BU and is currently working toward her doctorate.

 

Joan is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND, formerly the American Dietetic Association) and the Massachusetts Dietetic Association (MDA). She has been a presenter and Presiding Officer at both the AND Annual Meeting and the MDA Annual Convention. She was previously named MDA's “Young Dietitian of the Year” and is the past Director of Education and Nominating Committee Chairperson for the MDA. She currently serves on the MDA board. Joan has received the Whitney Powers Excellence in Teaching award from Boston University and the Annie Galbraith Outstanding Dietitian award from the Massachusetts Dietetic Association.

                   

In addition to teaching and writing, Joan has a private practice specializing in weight management and lifestyle changes. Joan is often asked to translate complex nutritional issues in popular terms. As a National Media Spokesperson she has conducted over 850 media interviews and contributed numerous nutrition articles to a variety of magazines and news outlets.

 

Kathy D. Munoz, MS, RD, EdD, Humboldt State University

Kathy D. Munoz is a professor of nutrition in the Department of Kinesiology and Recreation Administration at Humboldt State University. She teaches undergraduate courses in introductory nutrition, exercise nutrition, and weight management, as well as courses in teaching preparation in higher education in the Department of Education. She received her Ed.D. from the University of Southern California in curriculum design and a M.S. in Foods and Nutrition with a minor in exercise physiology from Oregon State University.

Kathy is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the California Dietetic Association. Her professional memberships include Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine (DIFM), Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN), and Weight Management (WM). She has published articles in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Children’s Health Care, Journal of Nutrition Education, and the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise, and has co-authored a series of curriculum guides for elementary teachers. Kathy has also been recognized for her research in, and development of, asynchronous learning.

 

Stella Volpe, PhD, RD, LDN, Drexel University

Stella Volpe is professor and Chair of the Department of Nutrition Sciences at Drexel University. She is a nutritionist and exercise physiologist whose research is on obesity prevention, body composition, bone mineral density, and mineral metabolism and exercise. Stella’s current research revolves around the effects of the environment on obesity–both how the environment can be changed to prevent obesity – and how the environment has resulted in a more obese nation and world.

Prior to beginning her faculty appointment at Drexel University, Stella was on facult

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson Education (US)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0134039424
• ISBN 13: 9780134039428
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 736
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien