ABC of Nutrition (Paperback, 5)

List of Contributors vii

Foreword viii

Preface x

1 Introduction: What Is ‘Nutrition’? 1
Mike Lean

2 Nutritional Status: What We Eat ? Assessment of Diet 4
Catherine Hankey

3 Body Composition: What We Are 8
Mike Lean

4 From Food to Health: Nutritional Epidemiology 14
Charlotte Evans

5 Dietary Guidelines 19
Jane Scott

6 Fats 23
Catherine Hankey and Wilma S. Leslie

7 Carbohydrates 27
Catriona Thomson, Christine Edwards, and Alison Parrett

8 Protein 34
Katerina Vasilaki and Donald C. McMillan

9 Salt (Sodium Chloride) 39
Clare Farrand and Katharine Jenner

10 Vitamins and Minerals 44
Catherine Hankey

11 Functional Foods and Food Fortification 50
Viren Ranawana

12 Nutrition in the Management of Chronic Disease: Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease 55
Wilma S. Leslie

13 Obesity and the Need for Weight Management 58
Mike Lean

14 Specific Dietary Approaches for Weight Management 64
Mike Lean

15 Public Health and Obesity Prevention 68
Mikael Fogelholm

16 Nutrition in Pregnancy 73
Clare E. Collins and Michelle L. Blumfield

17 Infant and Child Nutrition 81
Charlotte Wright

18 Nutrition in Older People 86
Wilma S. Leslie

19 Performance and Sports Nutrition 90
Richard Chessor

Index 96