FOOD AND NUTRITION : sustainable food and health systems.

"Food--how we produce, prepare, share and consume it--is fundamental to our wellbeing. It also connects the human body to the complex and dynamic systems of our environment. This is more significant than ever before in human history, as climate change and increasing population impact on global ecosystems. This fourth edition of Food and Nutrition has been completely rewritten to reflect an ecosystems approach to human health. It is shaped around four dimensions of human nutrition: biology, society, environment and economy. Food and Nutrition provides a comprehensive overview of food components and the biochemistry of foods and digestion. It outlines nutrition needs at different life stages, dietary disorders, and social and cultural influences on food selection and consumption. It also explores the increasing influence of technology on agriculture and food preparation, and recent research into intergenerational nutrition and nutrigenomics. At every stage it points to how you can impact your own health and the health of others as a global citizen and as a health or other food-system-related professional. Extensively illustrated with informative graphs, diagrams and data, and with examples, glossaries and reflective exercises, Food and Nutrition is the ideal introduction to the field of nutrition and dietetics for the 21st century, and a valuable professional reference for early career dietitians."--Page 4 of cover Sustainable food and health systems; 4th edition Cover 1 Dedication 3 Title Page 4 Copyright 5 CONTENTS 6 LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES 8 CONTRIBUTORS 17 CHAPTER 1: AN ECONUTRITION APPROACH TO HEALTH 20 PART 1: Your professional toolkit 32 CHAPTER 2: THE TOOLKIT FOR NUTRITION PRACTICE 34 CHAPTER 3: EVALUATING THE RELIABILITY OF NUTRITION INFORMATION 55 PART 2: Food systems 74 CHAPTER 4: FOOD SYSTEMS AND SECURITY 77 CHAPTER 5: FOOD PROCESSING 93 CHAPTER 6: FOOD SAFETY: REGULATION, RISK ANALYSIS AND FOOD CHEMICALS 119 CHAPTER 7: FOOD SAFETY: MICROBIOLOGICAL RISKS 142 PART 3: Food, nutrients and other bioactive food components 158 CHAPTER 8: FOOD GROUPS AND DIETS 161 CHAPTER 9: FOOD DIGESTION 190 CHAPTER 10: MACRONUTRIENTS: PROTEINS 201 CHAPTER 11: MACRONUTRIENTS: FATS 214 CHAPTER 12: MACRONUTRIENTS: CARBOHYDRATES 227 CHAPTER 13: MACRONUTRIENTS: FOOD ENERGY 244 CHAPTER 14: MACRONUTRIENTS: WATER 259 CHAPTER 15: ALCOHOL 266 CHAPTER 16: MICRONUTRIENTS: VITAMINS 276 CHAPTER 17: MICRONUTRIENTS: MINERALS 308 CHAPTER 18: PHYTONUTRIENTS AS BIOACTIVE FOOD COMPONENTS 330 CHAPTER 19: FOOD-BASED GUIDANCE SYSTEMS 341 PART 4: Nutrition across the life-course 362 CHAPTER 20: PREGNANCY AND LACTATION 367 CHAPTER 21: INFANCY, CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE 387 CHAPTER 22: ADULTS AND THE LATER YEARS 413 PART 5: Nutrition assessment, monitoring and surveillance 442 CHAPTER 23: ASSESSING AND EVALUATING NUTRITIONAL STATUS, DIETS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 445 CHAPTER 24: NUTRITION MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE 470 PART 6: Food, the environmentand society 486 CHAPTER 25: NUTRITIONAL ECONOMICS 490 CHAPTER 26: SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND NUTRITION PRACTICE 509 CHAPTER 27: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON FOOD AND NUTRITION 531 CHAPTER 28: UNDERSTANDING FOOD AND NUTRITION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 554 CHAPTER 29: INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION AND HEALTH 575 PART 7: Nutritional biology and ecohealth disorders 592 CHAPTER 30: NUTRITIONAL BIOLOGY 597 CHAPTER 31: ECOHEALTH DISORDERS 631 CHAPTER 32: DISORDERED SYSTEM FUNCTIONS 646 CHAPTER 33: DISORDERED ORGAN FUNCTIONS 680 CHAPTER 34: MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS 699 CHAPTER 35: FOOD AND HEALTH: LIFELONG LEARNING AND ACTION 712 ACRONYMNS AND ABBREVIATIONS 726 Pic section 718 INDEX 732 A Comprehensive Introduction To Human Nutrition, Setting It In The Context Of Food Systems And Health Across The Lifespan. This Leading Text Has Been Totally Rewritten For This Fourth Edition To Reflect The New Imperatives Of Food Security In The Context Of Climate Change.