| An Overview of Nutrition | |
| Highlight: Nutrition Information and Misinformation--On the Net and in the News | |
| Planning a Healthy Diet | |
| Highlight: Vegetarian Diets | |
| Digestion, Absorption, and Transport | |
| Highlight: Common Digestive Problems | |
| The Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starches, and Fibers | |
| Highlight: Carbs, Calories, and Controversies | |
| The Lipids: Triglycerides, Phospholipids, and Sterols | |
| Highlight: High-Fat Foods--Friend or Foe? | |
| Protein: Amino Acids | |
| Highlight: Nutritional Genomics | |
| Metabolism: Transformations and Interactions | |
| Highlight: Alcohol and Nutrition | |
| Energy Balance and Body Composition | |
| Highlight: Eating Disorders | |
| Weight Management: Overweight, Obesity, and Underweight | |
| Highlight: The Latest and Greatest Weight-Loss Diet--Again | |
| The Water-Soluble Vitamins: B Vitamins and Vitamin C. Highlight: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements | |
| The Fat-Soluble Vitamins: A, D, E, and K. Highlight: Antioxidant Nutrients in Disease Prevention | |
| Water and the Major Minerals | |
| Highlight: Osteoporosis and Calcium | |
| The Trace Minerals | |
| Highlight: Phytochemicals and Functional Foods | |
| Fitness: Physical Activity, Nutrients, and Body Adaptations | |
| Highlight: Supplements as Ergogenic Aids | |
| Life Cycle Nutrition: Pregnancy and Lactation | |
| Highlight: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | |
| Life Cycle Nutrition: Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence | |
| Highlight: Childhood Obesity and the Early Development of Chronic Diseases | |
| Life Cycle Nutrition: Adulthood and the Later Years | |
| Highlight: Nutrient-Drug Interactions | |
| Diet and Health | |
| Highlight: Complementary and Alternative Medicine | |
| Consumer Concerns about Foods and Wate.r Highlight: Food Biotechnology | |
| Hunger and the Global Environment | |
| Highlight: Environmentally-Friendly Food Choices | |
| Cells, Hormones, and Nerves | |
| Basic Chemistry Concepts | |
| Biochemical Structures and Pathways | |
| Measures of Protein Quality | |
| Nutrition Assessment | |
| Physical Activity and Energy Requirements | |
| United States: Exchange Lists | |
| Table of Food Composition | |
| WHO: Nutrition Recommendations Canada: Choice System and Guidelines | |
| Healthy People 2010 | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
| Dietary Reference Intakes (inside front covers, pp. A-C) | |
| Aids to Calculations (inside back pages, pp. W-X) | |
| Daily Values for Food Labels (inside back cover, p. Y) | |
| Glossary of Nutrient Measures (inside back cover, p. Y) | |
| Body Mass Index (inside back cover, p. Z) | |
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