Discovering Nutrition, Seventh Edition - Softcover

Insel, Dr; McMahon, Kimberley; Bernstein, Melissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284300757 ISBN 13: 9781284300758

Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Incorporating the latest research and dietary guidelines, Discovering Nutrition, Seventh Edition introduces students to the fundamentals of nutrition with an engaging and personalized approach. Written with a diverse student population of nutrition majors and non-majors in mind, this text focuses on teaching behavior change and personal decision making with an emphasis on how our nutritional behaviors influence lifelong personal health and wellness, while also presenting up-to-date scientific concepts in several innovative ways. Thoroughly updated, the new seventh edition covers current nutrition topics of interest such as personalized nutrition, nutrigenomics, the obesogenic environment, gut health, microbiome, plant-based diet, functional foods, bioavailability, nutrition density, and gut microbiome. Feature boxes such as the new Lifestyle Medicine, How Safe Is Your Drinking Water? Why Is This Important? For Your Information, Quick Bites, and more, ensure students learn personal and practical consumer-based nutrition information.Key Features: NEW - Lifestyle Medicine feature explores how the daily choices we make, and our lifestyle behaviors impact our nutrition and overall health.NEW & UPDATED - FYI and Quick Bite features provide in-depth discussions of controversial issues for classroom discussion.UPDATED - Content reflects the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for AmericansUPDATED to include the latest data, statistics and references.EXPANDED discussion of organic foods and genetically engineered foods includes greenhouse gas emissions and a new USDA labeling ruleNavigate Advantage Access in each new print copy unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook enriched with chapter quizzes, study aids, student study guide, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools Introductory Nutrition courses (c) 2026 750 pages

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr. Paul Insel, PhD is Faculty Advisor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has been Principal Investigator on a number of key NIH nutrition projects, and has authored 14 books and more than 100 articles. His best-selling US college health textbook, Core Concepts in Health, is now in its 19th edition and was recognized in 2020 with a McGuffey Longevity Award from The Textbook and Academic Authors Association; his other college textbooks, Nutrition and Fit & Well are in their 7th and 16th editions, respectively.

Kimberley McMahon is a registered and licensed dietitian in Nevada. She received her undergraduate degree from Montana State University and master's degree from Utah State University. She has taught nutrition courses in both traditional and online settings, including basic nutrition, advanced nutrition, medical terminology, nutrition for exercise and sport, dietetics administration, and clinical nutrition. She has been an instructor at Utah State University and Northern Kentucky University, Logan University, and currently teaches in the Department of Nutrition at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. In addition to Discovering Nutrition, she is a co-author of Nutrition, Nutrition Across Life Stages, Nutrition Essentials and Eat Right! Healthy Eating in College and Beyond. Her interests and experience are in the areas of wellness, weight management, sports nutrition, and eating disorders.

Dr. Melissa Bernstein, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, DipACLM, FACLM, FNAP, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Licensed Dietitian, Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a Diplomat of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She received her doctoral degree from the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston, MA. In her position as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (North Chicago, Illinois), she is innovative in creating and teaching engaging and challenging online nutrition courses. Her interests include nutrition for a healthy lifestyle, physical activity and holistic wellness. Dr. Bernstein is the coauthor of the Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Food and Nutrition for Older Adults: Promoting Health and Wellness. In addition to co-authoring Nutrition, Discovering Nutrition, Nutrition Across Life Stages, Nutrition for the Older Adult, and Nutrition Assessment, Clinical and Research Applications, she has contributed, authored, and reviewed textbook chapters and peer-reviewed journal publications and participates on numerous advisory and review boards.

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• Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1284300757
• ISBN 13: 9781284300758
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 784
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