Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease

Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease has been proving itself in the classroom for over 15 years and is praised as being accessible, applicable and a valuable textbook. The fourth edition is designed to take the advanced nutrition student or nutrition professional through key components of nutrition research, bioactive components, and clinical nutrition. Each chapter is written by a nutrition scientist currently researching the topic of their chapter, ensuring the most current information with helpful interpretation of critical data. In response to widespread classroom use, the editors have increased the number of illustrations, graphs, and tables in each chapter and have added new teaching and learning tools to make this book even more user-friendly for instructors and students while continuing to be a helpful desk reference for practicing clinicians and working researchers. New to this edition: Chapters on nutrition intervention and tools & techniques for intervention have been combined to make this content more immediately usefulRe-orients the chapters on Bioactive Compounds for Health to be more approachableNew chapter on food constituents and cognitive declineNew chapters on proteomics, genomics, and metabolomics as they relate to nutrient utilization and cellular metabolism in the human bodyNew chapter on current sodium and potassium controversy for morbidity & mortality Fully updated; all chapters present current state of researchIncreased number of illustrations, graphs, and tables in each chapter; expanded color insert to encourage stronger comprehensionUseful in the classroom for upper division nutrition courses and in graduate studyExpert nutrition scientists writing about their research in each chapterCurrent issues addressed which are updated and change with each edition