Essentials of Human Nutrition is the established starting point for those embarking on courses in nutrition and related fields. It has proven to be an invaluable textbook for students requiring a broad, quality survey of the subject. This third edition has been updated amidst the increasingly buoyant recognition of the role of nutrition in health and disease status. Accordingly, the book charts the involvement and impact of nutrition across the lifespan and at community level, based on a sound foundation of nutritional science. Coverage of topical subjects, such as functional foods, along with the spectre of chronic disease, and nutritional crises in the world, fuels study for assignments and essays. Figures and tables have been compiled selectively to provide a digest of the practical data and processes, such as nutritional assessment and measurement, with which students need to be familiar. Online Resource Centre: BL Active web links to provide a gateway to the journal articles cited in the book BL Editors forum, posting periodic updates on topical and important subjects

1. Introduction, Stewart Truswell and Jim Mann Part 1. Energy and Macronutrients 2. Carbohydrates, Jim Mann and John Cummings 3. Lipids, Jim Mann and Murray Skeaff 4. Protein, Alan Jackson 5. Energy, Andrew Prentice 6. Alcohol, Stewart Truswell Part 2. Organic and inorganic essential nutrients 7. Water, electrolytes and acid-base balance, James Robinson 8. Major minerals: calcium and magnesium, Ailsa Goulding 8.1 - CalciumAilsa Goulding 8.2 - MagnesiumAndrea Grant 9. Iron, Patrick MacPhail 10. Trace Elements 10.1 Zinc, Samir Samman 10.2 Copper, Samir Samman 10.3 Iodine, Christine Thomson 10.4 Selenium, Christine Thomson 10.5 Fluoride, Stewart Truswell 11. Vitamin A and Carotenoids, David Thurnham 12. The B Vitamins, Stewart Truswell 13. Vitamins C and E, Murray Skeaff 14. Vitamins D and K, Stewart Truswell 15. Other biologically active substances in plant foods: phytochemicals, Claus Leitzmann and Bernhard Watzl Part 3. Nutrition-related disorders 16. Overweight and Obesity, Abdullah Omari and Ian Caterson 17. The challenge of the chronic diseases epidemic for science and society, Phillip. T. James and Neville Rigby 18. Protein-energy Malnutrition, Stewart Truswell 19. Nutritional Crises, Alain Mourey and Jenny McMahon 20. Cardiovascular diseases, Jim Mann and Alexandra Chisholm 21. Nutrition and Cancer, Martin Wiseman 22. Diabetes Mellitus and the Metabolic Syndrome, Jim Mann 23. Eating Disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and EDNOS, Hannah Turner and Robert Peveler Part 4. Foods 24. Food groups 24.1 Bread and Cereals, Trish Griffiths 24.2 Legumes, Sue Munro 24.3 Nuts and Seeds, Margaret Allman-Farinelli 24.4 Fruit, Stewart Truswell 24.5 Vegetables, Soumela Amanatidis 24.6 Milk and milk products, Anita Lawrence 24.7 Meat and Poultry, Margaret Allman-Farinelli 24.8 Fish and seafood, Samir Samman 24.9 Eggs, Kim Bell Anderson 24.10.1 Fats and Oils, Ron Bowrey 24.10.2 Fat replacers, Stewart Truswell 24.11 Herbs and Spices, Kim Bell Anderson 24.12 Food processing, Stewart Truswell 25. Food Toxicity and Safety, Peter Williams 26. Functional Foods, Martijn Katan Part 5. Nutritional assessment 27. Food analysis, food composition tables and databases, Philippa Lyons-Wall 28. Dietary Assessment, Sheila Bingham 29. Assessment of Nutritional Status and Biomarkers, Stewart Truswell Part 6. Life stages 30. Pre-pregnancy, Pregnancy and Lactation, Annie Anderson 31. Infant Feeding, Donna Secker and Stanley Zlotkin 32. Childhood and Adolescence Nutrition, Colin Binns 33. Sports Nutrition, Louise Burke 34. Nutrition and Ageing, Caroline Howarth and Wija van Staveren Part 7. Clinical and public health 35. Food Habits, Helen Leach 36. Nutritional Recommendations for the General Population, Katrine Baghurst 37. Dietary Counselling to change behaviour, Paula Hunt Part 8. Case studies 38. Nutritional consequences of poverty and food insecurity in developed countries, Winsome Parnell 39. Nutrition and HIV and AIDS, H.H Vorster 40. Nutritional Support for the Hospitalized Patient, Ross Smith

`Review from previous edition This is an admirable book for clinical and other scientists entering the field...it can be thoroughly recommended' European Journal of Clinical Nutrition