Nutrition: An Applied Approach

By Melinda Manore, Janice Thompson, Janice L. Thompson

Book Overview

For courses in Nutrition for non-majors. Nutrition concepts applied to our daily lives
Nutrition: An Applied Approach introduces non-majors to nutrition with an innovative format that promotes long-term learning without rote memorization. Key focus areas include: functions of vitamins and minerals in the body, fluid and electrolyte balance, antioxidant function, bone health, energy metabolism, and blood health. The 5th Edition shows how nutrition concepts apply to our daily lives with new chapters on food equity, sustainability, and obesity. A new suite of ABC News Videos and Focus Figures explore nutrition, human disease, and nutrients found in food. To engage students and help them learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult concepts, each chapter now includes Learning Outcomes and a new study plan that connects to Mastering(TM) Nutrition reading quizzes and exercises.

Also available with Mastering Nutrition Mastering(TM) Nutrition is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Interactive, self-paced tutorials provide individualized coaching to help students stay on track. With a wide range of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult concepts. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; Mastering Nutrition does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with Mastering Nutrition, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and Mastering Nutrition, search for: 0134564480 / 9780134564487 Nutrition: An Applied Approach Plus Mastering Nutrition with MyDietAnalysis with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 5/e Package consists of:
0134516230 / 9780134516233 Nutrition: An Applied Approach 013455194X / 9780134551944 Mastering Nutrition with MyDietAnalysis with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Nutrition: An Applied Approach Nutrition: An Applied Approach , 5th Edition is also available via Pearson eText, a simple-to-use, mobile, personalized reading experience that lets instructors connect with and motivate students - right in their eTextbook. Learn more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134516230
• ISBN13: 9780134516233
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 2.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Reasonable price for a new book

I bought this book for my sister and she was happy with it, but it doesn't come with the CD, which is something that you need to buy separately.

Excellent textbook

This is an excellent textbook for anyone in a Nutrtion class, like myself, or for anyone who just wants to know more about nutrients and food and how they impact the body. It goes through each specific system in the body and details the nutients that support them, the diseases caused by deficiency and how heart disease, diabetes etc. develop. It also sheds light on some myths and common misconceptions. Forget the diet plans out on the market, this is the real deal. If you want to education yourself and improve your health, this book will tell you how and why and give you plenty of information to make great choices.

Great Nutrition Book

This is a very comprehensive nutrition book and a great resource for students or anyone wanting to learn about nutrition. I sold it but wish I would have kept it for both personal reasons and as a reference in nursing school. It also comes with a nice companion CD, My Diet Analysis that lets you track what you eat and see how it fits into a balanced diet. This alone is worth more than the cost of the book. There are great pictures too. I highly recommend this book.

Excellent nutritional guide and up-to date!

This is an excellent book on nutrition and all its related topics such as illnesess, weight management, lactating mothers, etc. I liked it because is non partisan and up to date.

Nutrition, It's good for you!

This was a required text for my college nutrtion course. It was very useful and helpful for me when I wanted to learn how to combine foods for the most nutrient rich diet for my family. I have a young child and wanted to learn the best foods to optimize his health. There was a chapter specific to his age group, as well as chapters on nutrient needs for the pregnant and lacting mother. I was fascinated by the wealth of information this text provides. The authors need to review some of their end of chapter tests and be certain that they have answered correctly.