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Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging
Springer 2009; US$ 159.00As the older adult population continues to grow, so will the prevalence and incidence of age-related disorders. This handbook provides perspectives and developments in age-associated disease. It features various chapters that tackle ecological perspectives on adult eating behavior and behavioral theories applied to nutritional therapies in aging. more...
Chirurgie de l'obésité (French Edition)
Springer 2009; US$ 94.99"L?épidémie d?obésité" qui affecte la France et touche malheureusement aussi les enfants, semble déborder nos politiques de santé. Elle ne doit pas pour autant conduire le praticien à baisser les bras, car des solutions existent! Coûteuses pour la collectivité et altérant qualité et durée de vie, les maladies (ou co-morbidités) associées sont au premier... more...
The Global Family Planning Revolution
World Bank Publications 2007; US$ 34.99The striking upsurge in population growth rates in developing countries at the close of World War II gained force during the next decade. From the 1950s to the 1970s, scholars and advocacy groups publicized the trend and drew troubling conclusions about its economic and ecological implications. Private educational and philanthropic organizations, government,... more...
Introduction to Human Nutrition
Wiley 2009; US$ 74.99In this second edition of the introductory text in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Introduction to Human Nutrition has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student. Introduction to Human Nutrition is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in... more...
Whole Grains and Health
Wiley 2008; US$ 249.95Whole Grains and Health presents a science-based discussion of whole grains and their expanding role in health and disease. An international collection of authors presents current perspectives on grains, the many opportunities for further research into whole grains and the remarkable growth potential for product development. Coverage includes... more...
Nutrition: A Lifespan Approach
Wiley 2009; US$ 94.99Traditionally, nutrition textbooks have divided human nutrition into basic science, public health and clinical nutrition, however in this exciting new textbook, Professor Simon Langley-Evans spans these divisions, bringing together the full range of disciplines into one accessible book through the lifespan approach. more...
Food and Western Disease
Wiley 2009; US$ 98.99Nutrition science is a highly fractionated, contentious field with rapidly changing viewpoints on both minor and major issues impacting on public health. With an evolutionary perspective as its basis, this exciting book provides a framework by which the discipline can finally be coherently explored. By looking at what we know of human evolution and... more...
Human Nutrition
Wiley 2004; US$ 9.95A comprehensive review guide to help you refresh your study. This guide is particularly useful for midterms and final exams, condensing a semester's worth of information into one concise volume. more...
Guide to Nutritional Supplements
Elsevier Science 2009; US$ 97.95The rapidly expanding world of nutrition, functional foods and nutraceuticals, is increasingly complex. This Guide to Nutritional Supplements provides a concise and complete reference to the most common nutritionally significant elements. Including dietary guidelines, intake measurements and other contextual information, this Guide is the ideal reference... more...
Obesity
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 63.00What makes obesity a disease instead of just a matter of overeating? What are the genetic and environmental factors behind it? What new breakthroughs are being developing to combat it? This concise, information-rich volume looks at these and other important questions, clearing away misconceptions about this devastating condition.||Obesity explains... more...









