Includes bibliographical references and index.

Key Nutrition Concepts and Terms
1 (1)
The Meaning of Nutrition
2 (4)
Nutrition Defined
6 (1)
Foundation Knowledge for Thinking about Nutrition
7 (13)
Nutrition Up Close Nutrition Concepts Review
20 (1)
Review Questions
21
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21
The Inside Story About Nutrition and Health
1 (1)
Nutrition in the Context of Overall Health
2 (1)
The Nutritional State of the Nation
3 (2)
The Importance of Food Choices
5 (1)
Diet and Diseases of Western Civilization
6 (1)
Our Bodies Haven't Changed
6 (2)
Changing Diets, Changing Disease Rates
8 (1)
The Power of Prevention
9 (1)
Improving the American Diet
9 (1)
What Should We Eat?
9 (1)
Nutrition Surveys: Tracking the American Diet
10 (2)
Nutrition Up Close Nutrition Scoreboard: Food Types for Healthful Diets
12 (1)
Review Questions
12
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14
Ways of Knowing About Nutrition
1 (1)
How Do I Know if What I Read or Hear about Nutrition Is True?
2 (5)
Why Is There So Much Nutrition Misinformation?
3 (4)
How to Identify Nutrition Truths
7 (3)
Sources of Reliable Nutrition Information
9 (1)
The Methods of Science
10 (8)
Developing the Plan
11 (1)
The Hypothesis: Making the Question Testable
11 (2)
The Research Design: Gathering the Right Information
13 (3)
Obtaining Approval to Study Human Subjects
16 (1)
Implementing the Study
16 (1)
Making Sense of the Results
16 (2)
Nutrition Up Close Checking Out a Fat-Loss Product
18 (1)
Review Questions
19
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20
Understanding Food and Nutrition Labels
1 (1)
Nutrition Labeling
2 (7)
Key Elements of Nutrition Labeling Standards
2 (7)
Health Action Some Examples of What ``Front of the Package'' Nutrient-Content Claims Must Mean
9 (3)
Dietary Supplement Labeling
9 (1)
The COOL Rule
10 (1)
Organic Foods
10 (1)
The Nutrition Labeling Transition
11 (1)
Beyond Nutrition Labels: We Still Need to Think
12 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Comparison Shopping
13 (1)
Review Questions
14
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16
Nutrition, Attitudes, and Behavior
1 (1)
Origins of Food Choices
2 (2)
We Don't Instinctively Know What to Eat
3 (1)
Food Choices and Preferences
4 (1)
The Symbolic Meaning of Food
4 (1)
Cultural Values Surrounding Food
5 (1)
Other Factors Influencing Food Choices and Preferences
5 (1)
Food Choices Do Change
5 (3)
How Do Food Choices Change?
6 (1)
Successful Changes in Food Choices
7 (1)
Does Diet Affect Behavior?
8 (1)
Malnutrition and Mental Performance
8 (3)
The Future of Diet and Behavior Research
11 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Improving Food Choices
12 (1)
Review Questions
12
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14
Healthy Diets, Dietary Guidelines, Mypyramid, and More
1 (1)
Healthy Eating: Achieving the Balance between Good Taste and Good for You
2 (1)
Characteristics of Healthful Diets
3 (1)
How Balanced Is the American Diet?
4 (1)
Guides to Healthy Diets
5 (1)
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
5 (2)
Focus Areas and Key Recommendations
6 (1)
Health Action The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Focus Areas and Examples of Key Recommendations
7 (1)
Implementation of the Dietary Guidelines
7 (1)
MyPyramid Food Guide
8 (10)
What's in MyPyramid?
8 (1)
MyPyramid.gov: The Web Site
8 (4)
The DASH Diet
12 (1)
Portion Distortion
13 (2)
Can You Still Eat Right When Eating Out?
15 (1)
The Slow Food Movement
16 (1)
What If You Don't Know How to Cook?
17 (1)
Bon Appetit!
18 (1)
Nutrition Up Close My Pyramid: A Balancing Act
19 (1)
Review Questions
20
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22
How the Body Uses Food: Digestion and Absorption
1 (1)
My Body, My Food
2 (14)
How Do Nutrients in Food Become Available for the Body's Use?
2 (5)
Digestive Disorders Are Common
7 (4)
Lactose Maldigestion and Intolerance
11 (5)
Nutrition Up Close What are the End Products of Digestion
16
Review Questions
14
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16
Calories! Food, Energy, and Energy Balance
1 (1)
Energy!
2 (4)
Calories Are a Unit of Measure
2 (1)
The Body's Need for Energy
3 (3)
Where's the Energy in Foods?
6 (2)
Most Foods Are a Mixture
7 (1)
The Caloric Value of Foods: How Do You Know?
8 (1)
Energy Density
8 (1)
Health Action Moving toward Foods Lower in Energy Density
9 (2)
How Is Caloric Intake Regulated by the Body?
9 (1)
Keep Calories in Perspective
10 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Food as a Source of Calories
11 (1)
Review Questions
12
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14
Obesity to Underweight: The Highs and Lows of Weight Status
1 (1)
Variations in Body Weight
2 (1)
How Is Weight Status Defined?
2 (1)
Body Mass Index
3 (1)
Health Action Estimating Normal Weight for Height
3 (6)
Most Adults in the United States Weigh Too Much
4 (3)
Body Fat and Health: Location, Location, Location
7 (1)
Assessment of Body Fat Content
8 (1)
What Causes Obesity?
9 (1)
Are Some People Born to Be Obese?
11 (1)
Do Obese Children Become Obese Adults?
11 (1)
The Role of Diet in the Development of Obesity
12
Type 1 Diabetes
10 (1)
Managing Type 1 Diabetes
10 (1)
Gestational Diabetes
11 (1)
Hypoglycemia: The Low Blood Sugar Blues?
11 (1)
Diabetes in the Future
12 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Calculating Glycemic Load
13 (1)
Review Questions
14
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16
Alcohol: The Positives and Negatives
1 (1)
Alcohol Facts
2 (1)
The Positive
2 (1)
The Negative
3 (1)
Alcohol Intake, Diet Quality, Nutrient Status
4 (1)
Health Action Alcohol Poisoning: Facts and Action
4 (4)
How the Body Handles Alcohol
5 (1)
What Causes Alcoholism?
6 (2)
Nutrition Up Close Effects of Alcohol Intake
8 (1)
Review Questions
8
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10
Proteins and Amino Acids
1 (1)
Protein's Image versus Reality
2 (2)
Functions of Protein
2 (2)
Amino Acids
4 (2)
Proteins Differ in Quality
4 (1)
Amino Acid Supplements
5 (1)
Food as a Source of Protein
6 (3)
What Happens When a Diet Contains Too Little Protein?
6 (2)
How Much Protein Is Too Much?
8 (1)
Nutrition Up Close My Protein Intake
9 (1)
Review Questions
10
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12
Vegetarian Diets
1 (1)
Perspectives on Vegetarianism
2 (4)
Reasons for Vegetarianism
2 (3)
Vegetarian Diets and Health
5 (1)
What Are the Health Benefits of Vegetarian Diets?
5 (1)
Dietary Recommendations for Vegetarians
6 (4)
Well-Planned Vegetarian Diets
6 (3)
Where to Go for More Information on Vegetarian Diets
9 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Vegetarian Main Dish Options
10 (1)
Review Questions
11
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12
Food Allergies and Intolerances
1 (1)
Food Allergy Mania
2 (4)
Adverse Reactions to Foods
2 (4)
How Common Are Food Allergies?
6 (1)
Diagnosis: Is It a Food Allergy?
6 (2)
The Other Tests for Food Allergy
7 (1)
What's the Best Way to Treat Food Allergies?
8 (1)
Food Intolerances
8 (1)
Lactose Maldigestion and Intolerance
8 (1)
Sulfite Sensitivity
9 (1)
Red Wine, Aged Cheese, and Migraines
9 (1)
MSG and the ``Chinese Restaurant Syndrome''
9 (1)
Precautions
9 (1)
Take Action To Prevent Anaphylaxis
10 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Gluten-Free Cuisine
11 (1)
Review Questions
12
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14
Fats and Cholesterol in Health
1 (1)
Changing Views about Fat Intake and Health
2 (1)
Facts about Fats
2 (1)
Functions of Dietary Fats
3 (1)
Fats Come in Many Varieties
3 (2)
The Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids
5 (2)
Hydrogenated Fats
7 (1)
Take Action To Consume Enough EPA and DHA from Foods Other than Fish
8 (1)
Checking Out Cholesterol
9 (1)
Sources of Cholesterol
9 (1)
The Contributions of Cholesterol
9 (1)
Finding Out about the Fat Content of Food
10 (1)
Fat Labeling
10 (2)
Recent Changes in Recommendations for Fat and Cholesterol Intake
12 (1)
Recommendations for Fat and Cholesterol Intake
12 (2)
Nutrition Up Close The Healthy Fats in Your Diet
14 (1)
Review Questions
15
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16
Nutrition and Heart Disease
1 (1)
The Diet-Heart Disease Connection
2 (1)
Declining Rates of Heart Disease
2 (1)
A Primer on Heart Disease
3 (3)
What Is Heart Disease?
3 (1)
What Causes Atherosclerosis?
4 (2)
Who's at Risk for Heart Disease?
6 (1)
Are the Risks the Same for Women as for Men?
7 (1)
Health Action Leading Risk Factors for Heart Disease
7 (1)
Diet and Lifestyle in the Management of Heart Disease
8 (4)
Modification of Blood Lipid Levels
8 (2)
Modification of Chronic Inflammation and Oxidation
10 (1)
The Statins
11 (1)
Looking toward the Future
12 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Score Your Diet for Fat
13 (1)
Review Questions
14
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16
Vitamins and Your Health
1 (1)
Vitamins: They're on Center Stage
2 (11)
Vitamin Facts
2 (1)
What Do Vitamins Do?
3 (7)
Protection from Vitamin Deficiencies and More
10 (3)
Take Action To Improve Your Vitamin D Status
13 (1)
The Antioxidant Vitamins
13 (1)
Vitamins: Getting Enough without Getting Too Much
14 (7)
Preserving the Vitamin Content of Foods
14 (7)
Nutrition Up Close Antioxidant Vitamins---How Adequate Is Your Diet?
21 (1)
Review Questions
22
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24
Phytochemicals and Genetically Modified Food
1 (1)
Phytochemicals: Nutrition Superstars
2 (5)
Characteristics of Phytochemicals
4 (1)
Phytochemicals and Health
4 (1)
Phytochemicals Work in Groups
4 (1)
How Do Phytochemicals Work?
5 (2)
Diets High in Plant Foods
7 (1)
Naturally Occurring Toxins in Food
7 (1)
Take Action To Select and Consume Antioxidant-Rich Vegetables and Fruits
7 (2)
Genetically Modified Foods
9 (3)
Genetic Modification of Animals
10 (1)
GM Foods: Are They Safe and Acceptable?
10 (2)
Nutrition Up Close Have You Had Your Phytochemicals Today?
12 (1)
Review Questions
13
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14
Diet and Cancer
1 (1)
What Is Cancer?
2 (2)
How Does Cancer Develop?
2 (1)
What Causes Cancer?
3 (1)
Fighting Cancer with a Fork
4 (1)
Dietary Risk Factors for Cancer: A Closer Look
4 (2)
Diet and Cancer Guidelines
6 (1)
Bogus Cancer Treatments
7 (1)
Eating to Beat the Odds
7 (1)
Nutrition Up Close A Cancer Risk Checkup
8 (1)
Review Questions
8
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10
Good Things to Know About Minerals
1 (1)
Mineral Facts
2 (1)
Getting a Charge out of Minerals
2 (3)
Selected Minerals: Calcium
5 (1)
A Short Primer on Bones
5 (1)
Osteoporosis
5 (7)
Health Action Behaviors That Help Prevent Osteoporosis
12 (2)
Calcium: Where to Find It
13 (1)
Selected Minerals: Iron
14 (3)
The Role of Iron in Hemoglobin and Myoglobin
14 (1)
Iron Deficiency Is a Big Problem
15 (1)
Getting Enough Iron in Your Diet
15 (2)
Selected Minerals: Sodium
17 (3)
What Does Sodium Do in the Body?
17 (3)
Take Action To Reduce High Salt Intake
20 (5)
Nutrition Up Close The Salt of Your Diet
25 (1)
Review Questions
26
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28
Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods
1 (1)
Dietary Supplements
2 (3)
Regulation of Dietary Supplements
3 (1)
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
4 (1)
Herbal Remedies
5 (1)
Health Action Guidelines for Choosing and Using Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
5 (3)
Functional Foods
8 (1)
Prebiotics and Probiotics: From ``Pharm'' to Table
8 (1)
Health Action Considerations for the Use of Herbal Remedies
8 (3)
Final Thoughts
10 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Supplement Use and Misuse
11 (1)
Review Questions
12
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14
Water Is An Essential Nutrient
1 (1)
Water: Where Would We Be without It?
2 (7)
Water's Roles as an Essential Nutrient
2 (2)
The Nature of Our Water Supply
4 (2)
Meeting Our Need for Water
6 (2)
Water Deficiency
8 (1)
Water Toxicity
8 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Foods as a Source of Water
9 (1)
Review Questions
9
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10
Nutrient-Gene Interactions in Health and Disease
1 (1)
Nutrition and Genomics
2 (3)
Nutrient-Gene Interactions
2 (2)
Genetic Secrets Unfolded
4 (1)
Single-Gene Defects
4 (1)
Chronic Disease: Nurture and Nature
5 (2)
Cancer
5 (1)
Hypertension
6 (1)
Obesity
6 (1)
Genetics of Food Selection
6 (1)
Nutrition Tomorrow
7 (1)
Are Gene-Based Designer Diets in Your Future?
7 (2)
Nutrition Up Close Nature and Nurture
9 (1)
Review Questions
10
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12
Nutrition and Physical Fitness for Everyone
1 (1)
Physical Fitness: It Offers Something for Everyone
2 (4)
The ``Happy Consequences'' of Physical Activity
2 (1)
Physical Activity and Fitness
3 (3)
Nutrition and Fitness
6 (2)
Muscle Fuel
6 (1)
Diet and Aerobic Fitness
7 (1)
A Reminder about Water
7 (1)
A Personal Fitness Program
8 (2)
Becoming Physically Fit: What It Takes
8 (1)
The Aerobic Fitness Plan
9 (1)
Take Action Ramping Up Exercise Intensity
10 (2)
Population-Based Physical Activity Recommendations
10 (2)
U.S. Fitness: America Needs to Shape Up
12 (2)
A Focus on Fitness in Children
13 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Exercise: Your Options
14 (1)
Review Questions
14
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Nutrition and Physical Performance
1 (1)
Sports Nutrition
2 (2)
Basic Components of Energy Formation during Exercise
2 (2)
Nutrition and Physical Performance
4 (6)
Glycogen Stores and Performance
4 (2)
Protein Need
6 (1)
Hydration
7 (3)
Health Action Be Aware of the Signs and Symptoms of Dehydration!
10 (5)
Body Fat and Weight: Heavy Issues for Athletes
10 (1)
Iron Status of Athletes
11 (1)
Ergogenic Aids: The Athlete's Dilemma
11 (4)
Nutrition Up Close Testing Performance Aids
15 (1)
Review Questions
16
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18
Good Nutrition For Life: Pregnancy, Breast-Feeding, and Infancy
1 (1)
A Healthy Start
2 (1)
Unhealthy Starts on Life
2 (1)
Improving the Health of U.S. Infants
3 (1)
Nutrition and Pregnancy
3 (8)
Critical Periods
3 (1)
The Fetal Origins Hypothesis
4 (1)
Prepregnancy Weight Status and Prenatal Weight Gain Are Important
5 (1)
The Need for Calories and Key Nutrients during Pregnancy
6 (3)
What's a Good Diet for Pregnancy?
9 (2)
Teen Pregnancy
11 (1)
Breast-Feeding
11 (2)
What's So Special about Breast Milk?
11 (1)
Is Breast-Feeding Best for All New Mothers and Infants?
12 (1)
How Breast-Feeding Works
13 (2)
Nutrition and Breast-Feeding
13 (2)
Infant Nutrition
15 (1)
Infant Growth
15 (1)
Nutrition and Mental Development
15 (1)
Infant Feeding Recommendations
16 (3)
The Development of Healthy Eating Habits Begins in Infancy
19 (2)
Making Feeding Time Pleasurable
20 (1)
Nutrition Up Close You Be the Judge!
21 (1)
Review Questions
22
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24
Nutrition for the Growing Years: Childhood Through Adolescence
1 (1)
The Span of Growth and Development
2 (13)
The Nutritional Foundation
2 (1)
Characteristics of Growth in Children
2 (6)
The Adolescent Growth Spurt
8 (1)
Overweight and Type 2 Diabetes: Growing Problems
9 (1)
How Do Food Preferences Develop?
10 (2)
What's a Good Diet for Children and Adolescents?
12 (2)
Status of Children's and Adolescents' Diets
14 (1)
Early Diet and Later Disease
14 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Overweight Prevention Close to Home
15 (1)
Review Questions
15
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18
Nutrition and Health Maintenance for Adults of All Ages
1 (1)
You Never Outgrow Your Need for a Good Diet
2 (1)
The Age Wave
3 (2)
Why the Gains in Life Expectancy?
3 (1)
Living in the Bonus Round: Diet and Life Expectancy
4 (1)
Calorie Restriction and Longevity
5 (1)
Nutrition Issues for Adults of All Ages
5 (4)
Breaking the Chains of Chronic Disease Development
5 (1)
Nutrient Needs of Middle-Aged and Older Adults
6 (2)
Psychological and Social Aspects of Nutrition in Older Adults
8 (1)
Eating Right during Middle Age and the Older Years
8 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Does He Who Laughs, Last?
9 (1)
Review Questions
10
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12
The Multiple Dimensions of Food Safety
1 (1)
Threats to the Safety of the Food Supply
2 (6)
How Good Foods Go Bad
2 (2)
Cross-Contamination of Foods
4 (1)
Antibiotics, Hormones, and Other Substances in Foods
4 (1)
Causes and Consequences of Foodborne Illness
5 (1)
Other Causes of Foodborne Illnesses
6 (2)
Preventing Foodborne Illnesses
8 (1)
Food Safety Regulations
8 (1)
Health Action A Double Whammy
8 (5)
The Consumer's Role in Preventing Foodborne Illnesses
9 (4)
There Is a Limit to What the Consumer Can Do
13 (1)
Take Action To Limit Your Exposure to Potential Sources of Foodborne Illness
13 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Food Safety Detective
14 (1)
Review Questions
14
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16
Aspects of Global Nutrition
1 (1)
State of the World's Health
2 (3)
Food and Nutrition: The Global Challenge
5 (1)
Survivors of Malnutrition
5 (1)
Why Do Starvation and Malnutrition Happen?
6 (1)
Ending Malnutrition
7 (2)
The Future
9 (1)
Nutrition Up Close Ethnic Foods Treasure Hunt
10 (1)
Review Questions
11
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12
Appendix A Table of Food Composition
2
Appendix B Reliable Sources of Nutrition Information
1 (1)
Appendix C The U.S. Food Exchange System
1 (1)
Appendix D Table of Intentional Food Additives
1 (1)
Appendix E Cells
1 (1)
Appendix F WHO: Nutrition Recommendations Canada: Choice System and Guidelines
1 (1)
Glossary 1 (1)
Index 1

NUTRITION is the most flexible, interactive non-majors text that is research-based, yet presented in an applied, consumer-oriented approach. Its unique modular format is comprised of 33 individual units that cover the basics of nutrition science and its applications to daily life. Instructors have the flexibility to choose which units to cover, and to modify the sequence of coverage to meet the interests and needs of their students and the course.