Includes bibliographical references and index.

Changing priorities in nutrition --Food selection --Methods of nutritional assessment and surveillance --Investigating links between diet and health outcomes --Investigating links between diet and health : amalgamation, synthesis and decision making --Dietary guidelines and recommendations --Introduction to energy aspects of nutrition --Energy balance and its regulation --Obesity --Carbohydrates --Protein and amino acids --Fat --Dietary supplements and food fortification --Food as medicine --The vitamins --The minerals --Nutrition and the human life-cycle --Nutrition as treatment --Some other groups and circumstances --The safety and quality of food.

Maintaining and Improving Health offers a wide-ranging coverage of all aspects of nutrition while providing new information to this edition including:<li>Increased coverage of experimental and observational methods used in nutrition</li><li>In-depth focus on the nutritional implications of the increased adoption of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles</li><li>Streamlined referencing - a short selected list of key references at the end of each chapter with URL links to free additional resources where possible</li><li>Discussion of nutrition debates</li><li>Critical coverage of "medicinal uses of food" including superfoods, functional foods and dietary supplements</li><li>Updated bullet point summaries of key points after each major topic within each chapter. <p> <p> The author provides an evidence-based evaluation of many key nutrition beliefs and philosophies. The book contains in-depth and critical reviews of the methods used to evaluate nutritional intakes/status and the observational and experimental used to investigate putative links between dietary factors and health outcome. It covers the role of food as a source of energy and nutrients while discussing the non-nutritional roles of food and the social and psychological factors that influence food choice. Presenting a critical discussion on the value of nutrition research linking specific foods or nutrients to specific diseases which encourages students to question the value of some current nutrition research.</p> <p> This is essential reading for all nutrition and dietetics students with different backgrounds who are studying nutrition as a specific discipline for the first time.</li>