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Barasi, Mary E.

Nutrition at a glance / Mary E. Barasi. - Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007. - 144 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - At a glance series .

Includes index.

Part 1. Nutritional principles -- Part 2. Components of a balanced diet: the nutrients and dietary factors -- Part 3. The role of nutrition in key organs/systems for the supply of nutrients -- Part 4. Physiological and other challenges to meeting nutritional needs -- Part 5. Nutrition related disease -- Part 6. Improving diets -- Appendices -- Glossary.

"Nutrition at a Glance continues the popular series style of providing succinct information in a user-friendly, well-illustrated format, with a broad coverage taking in such key topics as: Consequences of inadequate nutrition; Food allergy and intolerance; Obesity, cancer, cardiovascular disease and gastrointestinal disease; Nutrition and the brain; Food choice and food policy." -back cover.

ISBN: 1405134879 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405134873 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nutrition--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nutrition Physiology--Handbooks.
Nutrition Disorders--Handbooks.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Einfuhrung.

LC Class. No.: QP141.A1 / B367 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 612.3 / B225