Includes bibliographical references and index.

Food and nutrient patterns -- Food and nutrient structure -- The Phy siology of nutrient digestion and absorption -- Body size and compositi on -- Energy balance and body weight regulation -- Carbohydrate metabol ism -- Fat metabolism -- Protein metabolism and requirements -- Alcohol metabolism: implications for nutrition and health -- Water-soluble vit amins -- Fat-soluble vitamins -- Minerals and trace elements -- Inter-m icronutrient topics -- Infancy, childhood and adolescence -- Prepregnan cy, pregnancy and lactation -- Ageing and older people -- Vegetarian di ets -- Dietary considerations for sport and exercise -- Cardiovascular disease -- Obesity -- Diabetes mellitus -- Cancers -- Diseases of the g astrointestinal tract -- Nutrition and the skeleton -- Dental disease - - Immune function, food allergies and food intolerance -- Eating disord ers -- Deficiency diseases -- Diet and genotype interactions-nutritiona l genomics -- The Science of epidemiology -- Nutritional assessment met hods -- Food supply, factors affecting production, trade and access -- Food nutrition policies and interventions.

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