Discovering Nutrition

Discovering Nutrition, Fourth Edition is a student-friendly introduction to nutrition on a non-majors level. Coverage of material such as digestion, metabolism, chemistry, and life cycle nutrition is clearly written, accessible, and engaging to undergraduate students. New to the Fourth Edition Upgraded and modernized interior layout The 2010 Dietary Guidelines and MyPlate New section on diet and health, including sections on obesity and physical activity Vitamin and mineral supplements Spotlight on childhood obesity Hypertension New pregnancy weight gain guidelines from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council Expanded information regarding Celiac Disease More content on nutrition and disease Information on the Mediterranean diet; food guides of other countries