Includes bibliographical references and index.

What you eat and why -- Tools for designing a healthy diet -- The human body: a nutrition perspective -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- Alcohol -- Vitamins -- Water and Minerals -- Energy balance and weight control -- Nutrition: fitness and sports -- Eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other conditions -- Pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Nutrition from infancy through adolescence -- Nutrition during adulthood -- Food safety -- Undernutrition throughout the world.

"Contemporary Nutrition, Seventh Edition" is designed for students with little or no background in college-level biology, chemistry or physiology. It will provide students who lack a strong science background the ideal balance of reliable nutrition information and practical consumer-oriented knowledge. With their friendly writing style, the authors act as the student's personal guide to dispelling common misconceptions and to gaining a solid foundation for making informed nutrition choices.