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Nutrition: concepts and controversies
Whitney, Ellie
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nutrición
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With more than 1 million users, NUTRITION: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES is the text of choice for instructors and students alike. Thoroughly updated, the exciting new eleventh edition is "leading in excellence" through premium content and resources that focus on nutrition principles and their application while offering outstanding coverage of the biological foundations of nutrition without assuming previous knowledge of them. It is packed with practical applications that support quantitative learning skills, critical-thinking skills, and behavior change. Drawing readers into the study of nutrition, the authors have created a number of learning tools that are both appealing and accessible. Through captivating chapter opening "Do You Ever" sections, "Food Feature" and "Consumer Corner" sections, integrated "Key Points," and end-of-chapter "Controversies," students can find a wealth of information to help them better understand important nutrition concepts--and make informed and responsible decisions about their own nutrition. Additionally, the new CengageNOW™ resource site delivers easy course management tools and helps track student learning outcomes. It also offers a variety of learning aids, including the unique "MyTurn" student video case studies, personalized learning plans, behavior change activities, animations, and more. The new PowerLecture CD-ROM for instructors provides a myriad of lecture tools, including PowerPoint®, animations, videos, clicker questions, and test questions. Combining a powerful package with comprehensive, up-to-date coverage that engages students, NUTRITION CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES,11e International Edition, is the text for you!
New to this edition
Cutting edge: The eleventh edition is the most current text on the market. Each chapter has been edited line by line to ensure it includes the most up-to-date information, statistics, and research appropriate for the course. Updates include expanded diabetes coverage, childhood obesity, ADA and AHA recommendations, MyPyramid and Dietary Guidelines, diet planning, ACSM guidelines, Vegetarian Food Guide and Activity Pyramids, and updated Exchange List.
CengageNOW™: The ultimate course management tool and online learning resource! Students take a diagnostic pre-test and receive a Personalized Study Plan, view animations, and respond to mini-cases by watching the unique "MyTurn" video diaries showcasing real students. Additional features include the "Do It" activities, a behavior change planner, and "Food Feature" and "Think Fitness" exercises. CengageNOW™ is easy to assign, engaging to use, and can support course goals and student learning outcomes.
Rich resources: A wealth of student and instructor supplements includes the updated DIET ANALYSIS PLUS 8.0 program, a Personal Dietary Assessment workbook, and a new "Functions Approach: Vitamins and Minerals" laminated multipage foldout featuring tables that break down the different function, food source, deficiency effect, and toxicity effect for the various vitamins and minerals.
Behavior change emphasis: Chapter 1 now includes a greater emphasis on behavior change so students can prepare their minds for how the course and the text can help them use the information to support and meet their nutrition needs.
Reader friendly: The narrative in the eleventh edition of CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES continues to be engaging, clear, and accurate, with a new crispness and refinement. The authors have added more subheadings to help focus students’ attention on important chapter content and engage them in reading. The text includes an updated and new outstanding art and photo program. Plus, many of the chapter figures have also been made into animations (noted by "Animated" in the label), bringing dimension and movement to learning.
Features
Controversy: End-of-chapter "Controversy" essays scientific evidence regarding current and emerging topics in nutrition. Each "Controversy" has been thoroughly updated, including a new Chapter 13 Controversy "Childhood Obesity and Early Development of Chronic Diseases," which takes a conversational style in examining this important topic. There is also new information on vegetarian diet planning, supplements, antioxidant-rich foods, and more. For a full listing of updates, visit academic.cengage.com/community/sizer and click on "Chapter updates." provide a balanced view of
Relevant issues: "Do You Ever" informal questions begin each chapter by asking students to consider personal nutrition issues related to the chapter, piquing their interest and inviting them to read on. For example, Chapter 13 asks: "Do you ever wonder whether pregnant women really crave pickles and ice cream?" and, "Do you ever stop to think how much alcohol it takes to harm an unborn child?"
Media menu: This end-of-chapter feature outlines all of the media resources available to students on the book companion website and new CengageNOW™ website. This feature is designed to better connect these resources with the text and encourage students to utilize them for added learning and comprehension.
Real world: "Consumer Corner" features address nutrition issues in the marketplace, such as low carbohydrate weight-loss diets, the wisdom of using amino acid supplements, pros/cons of irradiated foods, and others. A "Food Feature" helps readers apply chapter concepts to their own food choices, covering such issues as defensive dining, vitamin-rich foods, diet as preventive medicine, and more.
Practical applications: Margin notes highlight key terms. End-of-chapter "Self-Checks" enable students to evaluate their progress. "Think Fitness" boxes emphasize the connection and the interdependency of fitness and nutrition for total health. "Nutrition on the Net" boxes describe reliable nutrition Internet sites.
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1. Food Choices and Human Health.
Controversy 1: Sorting the Impostors From the Real |
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