Nutrition Now 8th Edition

About the Author......Page 7 Contents in Brief......Page 11 Contents......Page 12 Preface......Page 24 Unit 1: Key Nutrition Concepts and Terms......Page 31 The Meaning of Nutrition......Page 32 Foundation Knowledge for Thinking about Nutrition......Page 35 Review Questions......Page 47 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 48 Unit 2: The Inside Story about Nutrition and Health......Page 49 Nutrition in the Context of Overall Health......Page 50 Diet and Diseases of Western Civilization......Page 53 Improving the American Diet......Page 57 Review Questions......Page 59 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 60 Unit 3: Ways of Knowing about Nutrition......Page 61 How Do I Know If What I Read or Hear about Nutrition is True?......Page 62 How to Identify Nutrition Truths......Page 66 The Methods of Science......Page 69 Review Questions......Page 75 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 76 Unit 4: Understanding Food and Nutrition Labels......Page 77 Nutrition Labeling......Page 78 Dietary Supplement Labeling......Page 84 Organic Foods......Page 85 Other Nutrition Labeling Systems......Page 86 Review Questions......Page 90 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 92 Unit 5: Nutrition, Attitudes, and Behavior......Page 93 Origins of Food Choices......Page 94 Food Preferences and Choices Do Change......Page 97 Does Diet Affect Behavior?......Page 100 Review Questions......Page 104 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 105 Unit 6: Healthy Dietary Patterns, Dietary Guidelines, MyPlate, and More......Page 107 Healthy Eating: Achieving a Balance between Good Taste and Good for You......Page 108 Dietary Guidelines for Americans......Page 112 MyPlate......Page 115 Review Questions......Page 125 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 126 Unit 7: How the Body Uses Food: Digestion and Absorption......Page 127 My Body, My Food......Page 128 Digestive Disorders......Page 135 Review Questions......Page 139 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 140 Unit 8: Calories! Food, Energy, and Energy Balance......Page 141 Energy!......Page 142 Where's the Energy in Foods?......Page 145 Nutrition Up Close: Food as a Source of Calories......Page 151 Review Questions......Page 152 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 153 Unit 9: Obesity to Underweight: The Highs and Lows of Weight Status......Page 155 Variations in Body Weight......Page 156 Overweight and Obesity......Page 157 Underweight......Page 166 Toward a Realistic View of Body Weight......Page 167 Review Questions......Page 169 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 170 Unit 10: Weight Control: The Myths and Realities......Page 171 Weight Control Nation......Page 172 Weight Control......Page 174 Review Questions......Page 183 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 184 Unit 11: Disordered Eating: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder, and Pica......Page 185 Eating Disorders......Page 186 Nutrition Up Close: Eating Attitudes Test......Page 196 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 197 Unit 12: Useful Facts about Sugars, Starches, and Fiber......Page 199 Carbohydrates......Page 200 Carbohydrates and Dental Health......Page 213 Lactose Maldigestion and Intolerance......Page 215 Nutrition Up Close: Does Your Fiber Intake Measure Up?......Page 218 Review Questions......Page 219 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 220 Unit 13: Diabetes Now......Page 221 The Diabetes Epidemic......Page 222 Review Questions......Page 232 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 233 Unit 14: Alcohol: The Positives and Negatives......Page 235 Alcohol Facts......Page 236 Review Questions......Page 243 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 244 Unit 15: Proteins and Amino Acids......Page 245 Protein......Page 246 Nutrition Up Close: My Protein Intake......Page 254 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 255 Unit 16: Vegetarian Dietary Patterns......Page 257 Perspectives on Vegetarian Dietary Patterns......Page 258 Review Questions......Page 267 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 268 Unit 17: Food Allergies and Intolerances......Page 269 Food Allergy......Page 270 Food Intolerances......Page 275 Review Questions......Page 278 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 279 Unit 18: Fats and Health......Page 281 Fat Intake and Health......Page 282 Review Questions......Page 295 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 296 Unit 19: Nutrition and Heart Disease......Page 297 Nutrition and Heart Disease......Page 298 Review Questions......Page 306 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 307 Unit 20: Vitamins and Your Health......Page 309 Vitamins: They're on Center Stage......Page 310 Review Questions......Page 330 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 331 Unit 21: Phytochemicals......Page 333 Phytochemicals: The "What Else" in Your Food......Page 334 Nutrition Up Close: Have You Had Your Phytochemicals Today?......Page 341 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 342 Unit 22: Diet and Cancer......Page 343 What is Cancer?......Page 344 Fighting Cancer with a Fork......Page 346 Review Questions......Page 349 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 350 Unit 23: Good Things to Know about Minerals......Page 351 Mineral Facts......Page 352 Review Questions......Page 377 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 378 Unit 24: Dietary Supplements......Page 379 Dietary Supplements......Page 380 Review Questions......Page 389 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 390 Unit 25: Water is an Essential Nutrient......Page 391 Water: Where Would We Be without It?......Page 392 The Nature of Our Water Supply......Page 396 Review Questions......Page 399 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 400 Unit 26: Nutrient-Gene Interactions in Health and Disease......Page 401 Nutrition and Genomics......Page 402 Review Questions......Page 407 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 408 Unit 27: Nutrition and Physical Fitness for Everyone......Page 409 Physical Activity: It Offers Something for Everyone......Page 410 Review Questions......Page 420 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 421 Unit 28: Nutrition and Physical Performance......Page 423 Sports Nutrition......Page 424 Review Questions......Page 435 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 436 Unit 29: Good Nutrition for Life: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Infancy......Page 437 Nutrition and a Healthy Start in Life......Page 438 Nutrition and Pregnancy......Page 439 Breastfeeding......Page 448 How Breastfeeding Works......Page 449 Infant Nutrition......Page 450 Nutrition Up Close: You Be the Judge!......Page 456 Review Questions......Page 457 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 458 Unit 30: Nutrition for the Growing Years: Childhood through Adolescence......Page 459 The Span of Growth and Development......Page 460 Nutrition for the Growing Years......Page 466 Review Questions......Page 473 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 474 Unit 31: Nutrition and Health Maintenance for Adults of All Ages......Page 475 Nutrition for Adults of All Ages......Page 476 Diet and Health Promotion for Adults of All Ages......Page 478 Review Questions......Page 484 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 485 Unit 32: The Multiple Dimensions of Food Safety......Page 487 Threats to the Safety of the Food Supply......Page 488 Preventing Food-Borne Illnesses......Page 494 Review Questions......Page 501 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 502 Unit 33: Aspects of Global Nutrition......Page 503 State of the World's Health......Page 504 Review Questions......Page 511 Nutrition Scoreboard Answers......Page 512 Appendix A: Table of Food Composition......Page 515 Appendix B: Reliable Sources of Nutrition Information......Page 607 Appendix C: Aids to Calculations......Page 613 Appendix D: Table of Intentional Food Additives......Page 617 Appendix E: Cells......Page 619 Appendix F: Feedback and Answers to Nutrition Up Close and Review Questions......Page 621 Glossary......Page 649 References......Page 659 Index......Page 693