Understanding Nutrition
About this product
More than one million readers make UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION the best-selling introductory nutrition book on the market today! Now in its 14th Edition, this book maintains the quality and support that discerning readers demand in nutrition applications and science that are ideal at introductory levels. New and updated topics refresh every chapter, along with the emphasis on active learning, assignable content, and integrated resources that help you advance your knowledge and career. Connecting with you through an approachable writing style, UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION, 14th Edition includes twenty chapters on topics such as diet planning, macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, diet and health, fitness, life span nutrition, food safety, and world hunger, among others. Combined with a carefully developed art program and a variety of interactive activities, UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION, 14th Edition continues to set the standard for introductory nutrition texts. Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers say this textbook is easy to understand, well organized, and useful for a basic nutrition class. They also mention good information quality, helpful diagrams, and fair value, while a few reviewers criticize some graphics as unclear.
Goodreads readers are more mixed: some praise how thoroughly it explains nutrition and say it helps them understand food and the body, while others feel it is biased, dense, or somewhat outdated.
Reddit mentions the book as a solid recommendation for beginners and for students looking for a nutritional science text, but the discussion found here is brief and mostly recommendation-oriented rather than a detailed review.
Archive.org shows the title as a commonly held textbook edition, but no detailed customer sentiment was surfaced there in the results.
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Specifications
| Topic | Nutrition |
Product Details
| Publisher | Wadsworth Pub Co |
| Publication date | January 1, 2015 |
| Edition | 14th |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 687 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 128587434X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1285874340 |
| Item Weight | 7.6 ounces |
| Dimensions | 10 x 1 x 12 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #263,530 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #18 in Nutrition (Books) #403 in Biology & Life Sciences |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (711) |
