ISBN: 0205068251 9780205068258

Category: Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss

Page count: 364

Abstract: Basic aspects of nutrition, particularly overnutrition common in Western society, are explored for health professionals to help clarify traditional and popular dietary concerns and to suggest diet and health improvement methods. Nutrient requirements, sources, and utilization are discussed in relation to current nutritional concerns, including food labeling, vegetarianism, the diet-disease relationship, and consumption of sugar, fiber, caffeinated and alcoholic beverages, and food additives. Psychological, sociological, and etiological aspects of overweight and obesity are discussed. Fads and fallacies of dieting are exposed, and a sound weight loss and control approach is offered, based on decreasing caloric intake, increasing exercise, and modifying behavior patterns. Nutrient content of foods, teaching ideas, education sources, and suggested menus for various types of daily nutrient intake also are included. (cj).