Visualizing Nutrition: Everyday Choices
Visualizing Nutrition: Everyday Choices, 5th Edition provides a comprehensive and visually engaging exploration of nutritional science and its practical applications. Authors Mary B. Grosvenor and Lori A. Smolin guide readers through the complex relationship between dietary habits, health outcomes, and societal influences. This edition focuses on empowering individuals to make informed decisions by translating scientific principles into everyday actions.
The content has been thoroughly updated to include the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, ensuring readers have access to the most current nutritional recommendations. From the biological processes of digestion and metabolism to global issues like food security and sustainability, this resource covers the essential foundations of human nutrition. It examines how specific nutrients affect body systems and plays a critical role in the prevention of chronic diseases, making it an essential guide for understanding how food choices shape long-term well-being.
- Title: Visualizing Nutrition: Everyday Choices
- Edition: 5th Edition
- Author(s): Mary B. Grosvenor, Lori A. Smolin
- Publisher: Wiley
- Publication Year: 2021
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 9781119592853
- ISBN-10: 1119592976
- Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.95 x 10.9 inches