University Press of America
Pages: 232
Trim: 8½ x 11
978-0-7618-6372-4 • Paperback • July 2014 • $54.99 • (£42.00)
978-0-7618-6380-9 • eBook • July 2014 • $52.00 • (£40.00)
David Bissonnette is a registered dietitian and associate professor of nutrition at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He has held academic positions at St. Francis Xavier University and McGill University in Canada.
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 THE ORIGINS OF OUR CURRENT NUTRITION PRACTICES
CHAPTER 2 HISTORY OF NUTRITION IN HUMAN HEALTH
CHAPTER 3 THE EMERGENCE OF THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION
CHAPTER 4 VITAMIN & MINERAL DEFICIENCIES
CHAPTER 5 EMERGENCE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY
CHAPTER 6 FAMILY AND CHILD NUTRITION
CHAPTER 7 FOOD SAFETY—MODERN CHALLENGE AND CUMBERSOME NIGHTMARE
CHAPTER 8 NUTRITION RESEARCH IN THE MODERN AGE
CHAPTER 9 NUTRITION AND CHRONIC DISEASE
CHAPTER 10 THE OBESITY CRISIS
CHAPTER 11 NUTRITION AND WORLD HUNGER
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CREDITS