
Present Knowledge in Nutrition
Basic Nutrition and Metabolism
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Key Features
- Provides an accessible source of the most current, reliable and comprehensive information in the broad field of nutrition
- Features new chapters on topics of emerging importance, including the microbiome, eating disorders, nutrition in extreme environments, and the role of nutrition and cognition in mental status
- Covers topics of clinical relevance, including the role of nutrition in cancer support, ICU nutrition, supporting patients with burns, and wasting, deconditioning and hypermetabolic conditions
Readership
Advanced undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students in nutrition, public health, medicine, and related fields; professionals in academia and medicine, including clinicians, dietitians, physicians, and other health professionals; and academic, industrial and government researchers, including those in nutrition and public health. While not designed to be a teaching text, the book has been reportedly adopted for a range of predominately graduate-level courses, including Macronutritional Biochemistry, Advanced Nutrition, Nutrition in Disease, Physiological Chemistry, Principles of Nutrition, Exercise and Weight Control, Micronutrients, and Medical Nutrition Therapy
Table of Contents
Contents of Volume 1
Editor Biographies
Contributors to Volume 1
Foreword
Preface
AcknowledgmentsSection A. Macronutrients
1. Energy metabolism
KLAAS R. WESTERTERP
2. Protein and amino acids
YONG-MING YU AND NAOMI K. FUKAGAWA
3. Carbohydrates
RYLEE T. AHNEN, RACHEL MOTTET, MORRINE OMOLO, AND JOANNE SLAVIN
4. Lipids
PETER J.H. JONES AND ALICE H. LICHTENSTEINSection B. Vitamins
5. Vitamin A and provitamin A carotenoids
WILLIAM S. BLANER
6. Vitamin D
JAMES C. FLEET AND SUE A. SHAPSES
7. Vitamin E
MARET G. TRABER AND RICHARD S. BRUNO
8. Vitamin K
GUYLAINE FERLAND
9. Vitamin C
CAROL S. JOHNSTON
10. Thiamine
LUCIEN BETTENDORFF
11. Riboflavin
ALFRED H. MERRILL AND DONALD B. MCCORMICK
12. Niacin
WILLIAM TODD PENBERTHY AND JAMES B. KIRKLAND
13. Vitamin B6
VANESSA R. DA SILVA AND JESSE F. GREGORY III
14. Folate
ALLYSON A. WEST, MARIE A. CAUDILL, AND LYNN B. BAILEY
15. Vitamin B12
SALLY P. STABLER
16. Pantothenic acid
JOSHUA W. MILLER AND ROBERT B. RUCKER
17. Biotin
WILLIAM TODD PENBERTHY, MAHROU SADRI, AND JANOS ZEMPLENI
18. Choline
ISIS TRUJILLO-GONZALEZ AND STEVEN H. ZEISELSection C. Minerals
19. Calcium
CONNIE M. WEAVER
20. Phosphorus
ORLANDO M. GUTIE´ RREZ
21. Magnesium
REBECCA B. COSTELLO AND A. ROSANOFF
22. Iron
PETER J. AGGETT
23. Zinc
MOON-SUHN RYU AND TOLUNAY BEKER AYDEMIR
24. Copper
JAMES F. COLLINS
25. Iodine and the iodine deficiency disorders
MICHAEL B. ZIMMERMANN
26. Selenium
LENNY K. HONG AND ALAN MARK DIAMOND
27. Chromium
JOHN B. VINCENT
28. Sodium, chloride, and potassium
HARRY G. PREUSS
29. Manganese, molybdenum, boron, silicon, and other trace elements
FORREST H. NIELSENSection D. Other Dietary Components
30. Water
SAMUEL N. CHEUVRONT, ROBERT W. KENEFICK, SCOTT J. MONTAIN, AND MICHAEL N. SAWKA
31. Fiber
IAN T. JOHNSON
32. Carotenoids
JOHANNES VON LINTIG
33. Carnitine
PEGGY R. BORUM
34. Dietary flavonoids
GARY WILLIAMSON
35. Dietary supplements
PAUL R. THOMAS, PAUL M. COATES, AND CAROL J. HAGGANSSection E. Cross Discipline Topics
36. Systems biology and nutrition
MARK TOMA´ S MC AULEY
37. The microbiome and health
JOSEPH F. PIERRE AND VANESSA A. LEONE
38. Nutrient regulation of the immune response
PHILIP C. CALDER AND PARVEEN YAQOOB
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 678
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2020
- Published: July 17, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323661621
- eBook ISBN: 9780128198421
About the Editors
Bernadette Marriott
Affiliations and Expertise
Diane Birt
Affiliations and Expertise
Virginia Stalling
Affiliations and Expertise
Allison Yates
Affiliations and Expertise
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