Contemporary Nutrition Seventh Edition is designed for students with little or no background in college-level biology, chemistry or physiology. It will provide students who lack a strong science background the ideal balance of reliable nutrition information and practical consumer-oriented knowledge. With their friendly writing style, the authors act as the student's personal guide to dispelling common misconceptions and to gaining a solid foundation for making informed nutrition choices.

NUTRITION: A KEY TO HEALTH
Chapter 1: What You Eat and Why
Chapter 2: Guidelines for Designing a Healthy Diet
Chapter 3: The Human Body: A Nutrition Perspective ENERGY NUTRIENTS AND ENERGY BALANCE
Chapter 4: Carbohydrates
Chapter 5: Lipids
Chapter 6: Proteins
Chapter 7: Energy Balance and Weight Maintenance VITAMINS, MINERALS AND WATER
Chapter 8: Vitamins
Chapter 9: Water and Minerals NUTRITION: BEYOND THE NUTRIENTS
Chapter 10: Nutrition: Fitness and Sports
Chapter 11: Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Other Conditions
Chapter 12: Food Safety
Chapter 13: Undernutrition throughout the World NUTRITION: A FOCUS ON THE LIFE STAGES
Chapter 14: Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Chapter 15: Nutrition from Infancy through Adolescence
Chapter 16: Nutrition during Adulthood APPENDIXES: A: Solutions to Case Studies and Check Your Knowledge B: Daily Values Used in Food Labels C: Dietary Advice for Canadians D: The Exchange System E: Dietary Intake and Energy Expenditure Assessment F: Chemical Structures in Nutrition G: Height-Weight Tables H: Sources of Nutrition Information I: English-Metric Conversions