Research Catalog

Title

Nutrition : a reference handbook / David A. Bender and Arnold E. Bender.

Author

Bender, David A.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors

Bender, Arnold E. (Arnold Eric)

Description

xxxvii, 573 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Oxford medical publications

Uniform Title

Oxford medical publications.

Subjects

• Food
• Handbook
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Nutrition > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Diet > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Food > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

Handbook.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-543) and index.

Contents

• 1. The historical development of nutritional concepts -- 2. Body composition -- 3. Growth and development -- 4. Reference intakes, dietary goals and nutrition labelling of foods -- 5. Energy balance and an overview of metabolism -- 6. Physiology of feeding and digestion -- 7. Carbohydrates -- 8. Lipids: fats and oils -- 9. Alcohol and alcoholic beverages -- 10. Protein nutrition -- 11. Overnutrition: problems of overweight and obesity -- 12. World food supplies and protein-energy malnutrition -- 13. Vitamin A and carotenes -- 14. Vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus -- 15. Vitamin E and selenium -- 16. Vitamin K -- 17. Thiamin (Vitamin B[subscript 1]) -- 18. Riboflavin (Vitamin B[subscript 2]) -- 19. Niacin -- 20. Vitamin B[subscript 6] -- 21. Folate and vitamin B[subscript 12] -- 22. Vitamin C -- 23. Biotin, pantothenic acid and other organic compounds -- 24. Iron -- 25. Mineral nutrition -- 26. Food processing -- 27. Adverse reactions to foods --
• 28. Systematic classification of foods -- 29. Miscellaneous tables.

ISBN

0192623680

LCCN

96013459

OCLC

ocm34514786

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries