Nutrition and Metabolism

Comprehensive resource on all aspects of nutrition and metabolism; covering vitamin and mineral deficiencies, diseases, immunity, brain and bone health, and more. Now in its third edition, Nutrition and Metabolism has been updated throughout to present readers with the core principles of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach. Written by a team of internationally renowned experts, the text includes information on: Body composition, energy metabolism, proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, food intake, and food composition Energy, macronutrients, pregnancy and lactation, growth and aging, brain nutrition, sensory systems and food palatability, the gastrointestinal system, and the cardiovascular system Societal food choices, over- and undernutrition, eating disorders, dieting, foetal programming, cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes How nutrition affects the liver, pancreas, kidney, lungs, heart and blood vessels, and how nutrition relates to the development of traumatic, infectious, and malignant diseases Nutrition and Metabolism is an essential resource for students and practitioners of nutrition and dietetics, as well as students majoring in other subjects that have a nutrition component.

Comprehensive resource on all aspects of nutrition and metabolism; covering vitamin and mineral deficiencies, diseases, immunity, brain and bone health, and more.Now in its third edition, Nutrition and Metabolism has been updated throughout to present readers with the core principles of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach.Written by a team of internationally renowned experts, the text includes information on:* Body composition, energy metabolism, proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, food intake, and food composition* Energy, macronutrients, pregnancy and lactation, growth and aging, brain nutrition, sensory systems and food palatability, the gastrointestinal system, and the cardiovascular system* Societal food choices, over- and undernutrition, eating disorders, dieting, foetal programming, cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes* How nutrition affects the liver, pancreas, kidney, lungs, heart and blood vessels, and how nutrition relates to the development of traumatic, infectious, and malignant diseasesNutrition and Metabolism is an essential resource for students and practitioners of nutrition and dietetics, as well as students majoring in other subjects that have a nutrition component.

Contributors viiSeries Foreword ixSeries Editor's Preface xAbout the Companion Website xii1 Core Concepts of Nutrition 1Ian A. Macdonald and Annemie M.W.J. Schols2 Molecular Aspects of Nutrition 7Herman E. Popeijus, Helen M. Roche, and Ronald P. Mensink3 Integration of Metabolism 1: Energy 36Jennifer L. Miles-Chan4 Integration of Metabolism 2: Macronutrients 51Abayomi O. Akanji and Keith N. Frayn5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino Acids 76Emily J. Ferguson, Nicholas A. Burd, Tyler A. Churchward-Venne, and Chris McGlory6 Pregnancy and Lactation 93Sharleen L. O'Reilly and Michelle K. McGuire7 Growth and Ageing 110Mark L. Wahlqvist8 Nutrition, the Brain and the Gut Microbiota 161Harriët Schellekens, Mara Loana Lesanu, and Siobhain M. O'Mahony9 The Sensory Systems and Food Palatability 188Connor M. Delahunty and Remco C. Havermans10 The Gastrointestinal Tract 209Mariano Mañas, Emilio Martínez de Victoria, Ángel Gil, María D. Yago, and John C. Mathers11 The Cardiovascular System 255Wendy L. Hall, Jayne V. Woodside, and J.A. Lovegrove12 The Skeletal System 276John M. Pettifor, Ann Prentice, Kate A. Ward, and Ansuyah Magan13 The Immune and Inflammatory Systems 329Parveen Yaqoob and Philip C. Calder14 Phytochemicals 356Gary Williamson and Jeremy P.E. Spencer15 The Control of Food Intake 369Graham Finlayson and Mark Hopkins16 Overnutrition 378Albert Flynn17 Obesity 387Gijs H. Goossens and Ellen E. Blaak18 Undernutrition 403Phoebe Hodges and Paul Kelly19 Exercise Performance 414Asker E. Jeukendrup and Louise M. BurkeAbout the Editors 449Index 452