A Study Guide in Contemporary Nutrition
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 336
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This detailed study guide provides a comprehensive understanding of nutrition and how it ultimately impacts wellness as a whole. Presented in an approachable, easy-to-grasp way, students understand the science of nutrition and learn to critically assess the health-related messages they receive from society. The content equips students to evaluate their lifestyles and make the nutrition changes necessary to support long, active, healthy lives.
A Study Guide in Contemporary Nutrition:
- Addresses multiple learning styles by providing space to take notes alongside pictures of the course’s PowerPoint slides, allowing students to pair information with a visual image.
- Emphasizes important topics with pre-exam study-guides to help students solidify pertinent information.
- Provides Blackboard (PowerPoint) resources for adopters that correspond directly to the slide pictures in the study guide.
Unit One
Food Choices and Human Health
Nutrition Tools: Standards and Guidelines
Exam One Review
Unit Two
Carbohydrates: Simple Sugars, Starch and Glycogen
Lipids: Triglycerides, Phospholipids and Sterols
Proteins
Exam Two Review
Unit Three
Vitamins
Water and Minerals
Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
Weight Management
Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Exam Three Review
Unit Four
Life Cycle – Pregnancy
Life Cycle – Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition
Life Cycle – Childhood Nutrition
Life Cycle – Adolescence
Life Cycle – Older Adult
Exam Four Review