Nutrition: An Applied Approach, 6th edition

  • Janice Thompson
  • , Melinda Manore

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Nutrition: An Applied Approach links nutrition concepts to functional benefits, empowering you to evaluate the nutrition information and decisions you encounter every day. This friendly narrative connects the facts to your circumstances, lifestyle, and goals. Focusing on long-term learning instead of memorization, its key focus areas include functions of vitamins and minerals in the body, fluid and electrolyte balance, antioxidant function, bone health, energy metabolism, and blood health. 

The 6th Edition adds new topic areas throughout, introduces new links to tested and reviewed recipes, updates and expands Learning Objectives, adds new nutrition-application questions and new multiple-choice questions in each Study Plan, adds Critical Thinking Questions to every Nutrition Debate box, and much more.

Published by Pearson (December 13th 2024) - Copyright © 2026

ISBN-13: 9780135327289

Subject: Health & Nutrition

Category: Non Majors Nutrition

1. Nutrition: Linking Food and Health

  • In Depth 1.5: New Frontiers in Nutrition and Health

2. Designing a Healthful Diet

  • In Depth 2.5: Healthful Eating Patterns

3. The Human Body: Are We Really What We Eat?

  • In Depth 3.5: Disorders Related to Specific Foods

4. Carbohydrates: Plant-Derived Energy Nutrients

  • In Depth 4.5: Diabetes

5. Fats: Essential Energy-Supplying Nutrients

  • In Depth 5.5: Cardiovascular Disease

6. Proteins: Crucial Components of all Body Tissues

  • In Depth 6.5: Vitamins and Minerals: Micronutrients with Macro Powers

7. Nutrients Essential to Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

  • In Depth 7.5: Alcohol

8. Nutrients Essential to Key Body Functions

  • In Depth 8.5: Cancer

9. Nutrients Essential to Healthy Tissues

  • In Depth 9.5: Osteoporosis

10. Achieving and Maintaining a Healthful Body Weight

  • In Depth 10.5: Obesity

11. Nutrition and Physical Fitness: Keys to Good Health

  • In Depth 11.5: Disorders Related to Body Image, Eating, and Exercise

12. Food Safety and Technology: Protecting our Food

  • In Depth 12.5: The Safety and Effectiveness of Dietary Supplements

13. Food Equity, Sustainability, and Quality: The Challenge of “Good Food”

  • In Depth 13.5: Malnutrition

14. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle: Pregnancy and the First Year of Life

  • In Depth 14.5: The Fetal Environment

15. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle: Childhood to Late Adulthood

  • In Depth 15.5: Searching for the Fountain of Youth
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