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Nutrition Essentials: A Personal Approach is the nutrition book that is all about YOU!

The personalized, consumer focus gives plenty of practical examples to help students learn about choosing foods and making decisions that are good for their health.
The proven successful digital program including Connect, NutritionCalc Plus, LearnSmart and SmartBook gives students access to one of the most effective and successful adaptive learning resources available on the market today.

Nutrition is more than vegetables. Find out how we're making it PERSONAL!

Contents:

Unit 1Food Is More than Something to EatModule 1.1 Why Learn about Nutrition?Module 1.2 Nutrition BasicsModule 1.3 Key Nutrition ConceptsUnit 2 Nutrition Information: Fact or Fiction?Module 2.1 Nutrition: Science for ConsumersModule 2.2 Spreading Nutrition MisinformationModule 2.3 Becoming a More Critical Consumer of Nutrition InformationModule 2.4 Seeking Reliable Nutrition InformationUnit 3 Making More Nutritious ChoicesModule 3.1 Requirements and RecommendationsModule 3.2 Planning Nutritious Meals and SnacksModule 3.3 Making Sense of Nutrition LabelsModule 3.4 Should I Take Dietary Supplements?Unit 4 How Food Becomes YouModule 4.1: From Cells to SystemsModule 4.2: Digestive SystemModule 4.3: Common Digestive System DisordersModule 4.4: Metabolism BasicsUnit 5 Carbohydrates: Fuel and FiberModule 5.1 Sugars, Sweeteners, Starches, and FiberModule 5.2 What Happens to the Carbohydrates You Eat?Module 5.3 Carbohydrates and HealthUnit 6 Lipids: Focusing on Fats and CholesterolModule 6.1: What Are Lipids?Module 6.2: What Happens to the Fat and Cholesterol You Eat?Module 6.3: Cardiovascular Disease: Major Killer of AmericansUnit 7 Proteins: Life's Building BlocksModule 7.1 What Are Proteins?Module 7.2 What Happens to the Protein You Eat?Module 7.3 Proteins in FoodsModule 7.4 What's Vegetarianism?Module 7.5 Proteins and HealthUnit 8 Vitamins: Nutrients that MultitaskModule 8.1 Introducing VitaminsModule 8.2 Fat-Soluble VitaminsModule 8.3 Water-Soluble VitaminsModule 8.4 Vitamins and CancerUnit 9 Key Minerals, Water, and the Nonnutrient AlcoholModule 9.1: Minerals for LifeModule 9.2: Key Minerals and Your HealthModule 9.3: Water: Liquid of LifeModule 9.4: Alcohol: Drink to Your Health?Unit 10 Nutrition for a Healthy Weight and Fit BodyModule 10.1 Overweight or Obese?Module 10.2 Factors that Influence Your Body WeightModule 10.3 Managing Your Weight SafelyModule 10.4 Disordered Eating and Eating DisordersModule 10.5 Get Moving; Get Healthy!Unit 11 Nutrition for Your Life, Environment, and WorldModule 11.1 Nutrition for a LifetimeModule 11.2 How Safe Is My Food?Module 11.3 Dietary Adequacy: A Global Concern