Food and Nutrition

A comprehensive introduction to human nutrition, setting it in the context of food systems and health across the lifespan. This leading text has been totally rewritten for this fourth edition to reflect the new imperatives of food security in the context of climate change.

MARK WAHLQVIST held the first Australian Chair of Human Nutrition, at Deakin University, and was Professor and Head of Medicine at Monash University and the Monash Medical Centre. He has held senior appointments at universities, medical centres and research institutes in Australia, Sweden, Indonesia, Taiwan and mainland China, and was president of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences and editor-­in­-chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. DANIELLE GALLEGOS is Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics at Queensland University of Technology and a Fellow of the Dietitians Association of Australia.

1. An econutrition approach to health PART 1: Your Professional Toolkit 2. The toolkit for nutrition practice 3. Evaluating the reliability of nutrition information PART 2: Food Systems 4. Food systems and security 5. Food processing 6. Food safety: Regulation, risk analysis and food chemicals 7. Food safety:Microbiological risks PART 3: Food, Nutrients and Other Bioactive Food Components 8. Food groups and diets 9. Food digestion 10. Macronutrients: Proteins 11. Macronutrients: Fats 12. Macronutrients: Carbohydrates 13. Macronutrients: Food energy 14. Macronutrients: Water 15. Alcohol 16. Micronutrients: Vitamins 17. Micronutrients: Minerals 18. Phytonutrients as bioactive food components 19. Food-based guidance systems PART 4: Nutrition Across the Life-Course 20. Pregnancy and lactation 21. Infancy, childhood and adolescence 22. Adults and the later years PART 5: Nutrition Assessment, Monitoring and Surveillance 23. Assessing and evaluating nutritional status, diets and physical activity 24. Nutrition monitoring and surveillance PART 6: Food, The Environment and Society 25. Nutritional economics 26. Sustainable food and nutrition practice 27. Social and cultural influences on food and nutrition 28. Understanding food and nutrition for Indigenous peoples 29. International nutrition and health PART 7: Nutritional Biology and Ecohealth Disorders 30. Nutritional biology 31. Ecohealth disorders 32. Disordered system functions 33. Disordered organ functions 34. Mental health disorders 35. Food and health: Life-long learning and action Index