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| Genre/Form: | Popular works Popular Works |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roberta Larson Duyff; American Dietetic Association. |
| ISBN: | 0471441449 9780471441441 |
| OCLC Number: | 52706335 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xii, 658 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. I. Eat smart, live well : it's about you! -- 1. Food choices for fitness -- Fitness : your overall health! -- What's smart eating? : guidelines for Americans -- Your food choices : the inside story -- Solutions for healthful eating, active living -- pt. II. Healthful eating : the basics -- 2. Your healthy weight -- Body basics : what's your healthy weight? -- Energy basics : calorie math -- Weighing the risks -- Weight management : strategies that work! -- Too thin--a problem? -- Disordered eating : problems, signs, and help -- "Diets" that don't work! -- When you need help -- 3. Fat facts -- Fats matter -- Cholesterol : different from fat -- Too much of a good thing? -- 4. Vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients : variety on your plate! -- Vitamins and minerals : team players! -- Vitamins : the basics -- Minerals--not "heavy metal" -- Phytonutrients--a "crop" for good health -- 5. Sweet talk : sugar and other sweeteners -- Sugars : the sweet basics -- Sugars in your food -- Polyols : sugar replacers -- Intense sweeteners : flavor without calories -- 6. Fiber : your body's broom -- Fiber : an important nonnutrient -- For fiber--variety! -- 7. Sodium : a salty subject -- Sodium and your health -- Sodium in your food choices -- Flavor ... with less salt and sodium -- 8. Fluids : often overlooked -- A fluid asset -- What's to drink? pt. III. Smart eating : the consumer marketplace -- 9. What's on today's table? -- Food : what's "in store" for you? -- Ensuring your food supply -- 10. Planning to eat smart -- The food guide pyramid : your healthful eating guide -- What's inside the pyramid? -- Health-wise eating strategies -- 11. Supermarket smarts -- Today's food labels -- Supermarket psychology -- Your shopping guide -- Food safety : start at the store -- 12. The safe kitchen -- Foodborne illness : more common than you think! -- Checklist for a clean kitchen -- Safekeeping -- Safe preparation and service -- Quick tips for injury prevention -- The "eco kitchen" -- 13. Kitchen nutrition -- "Resetting" your table ... for taste and health -- Simply nutritious, simply delicious -- Add life to your spices--and herbs, too! -- 14. Your food away from home -- Dining out for health and pleasure -- Eating out safely -- Fast food, healthful food -- Eating out ethnic style -- Eating for travelers -- pt. IV. Food for health : every age, every stage of life -- 15. Off to a healthy start -- Breast-feeding your baby -- Another healthful option : bottle-feeding -- Solid advice on solid foods -- 16. Food to grow on -- Toddlers and preschoolers : food for the early years -- Eating ABCs for school-age children -- Feeding the teen machine -- 17. For women only -- Childbearing years : nutrition, menstruation, and prepregnancy -- Congratulations! you're expecting! -- For those who breast-feed -- Now for menopause -- 18. For mature adults : healthful eating! -- Aged to perfection! -- When lifestyles change -- Changes that challenge. pt. V. Healthful eating : special issues -- 19. Athlete's guide : winning nutrition -- Nutrients for active living -- A high-performance diet -- Making weight -- The game plan -- Ergogenic aids : no substitute for training -- 20. The vegetarian way -- Being vegetarian -- Vegetarian diets : nutritionally speaking -- Throughout the life cycle -- "Vegging out" the healthful way! -- 21. Sensitive about food -- Food intolerances and other adverse food reactions : copycat symptoms -- Food allergies : commonly uncommon -- 22. Smart eating to prevent and treat disease -- Your healthy heart -- Blood pressure : under control? -- Cancer connection -- Diabetes : a growing health concern -- Osteoporosis : reduce the risks -- Gastrointestinal conditions -- Anemia : "tired blood" -- Food and medicine -- 23. Supplements : use and abuse -- Dietary supplements : what are they? -- Supplements : safe? : effective? -- If you take a supplement -- pt. VI. Resources : more about healthful eating -- 24. Well informed? -- Need nutrition advice? -- Be your own judge! -- Case against health fraud -- Resources you can use -- Appendices -- 1997-2001 dietary reference intakes -- Protein : 1989 recommended dietary allowances -- Growth charts : body mass index for children and teens -- Body mass index for adults -- Carbohydrates in common foods -- % daily values : what are they based on? -- Health claims on food labels -- Functions of selected additives. |
| Other Titles: | Complete food and nutrition guide |
| Responsibility: | Roberta Larson Duyff. |
Abstract:
From the American Dietetic Association, this book include chapters on nutrition and health conditions, and on the use and abuse of dietary supplements. It discusses women's health and nutrition,
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