Discovering
Nutrition 4th Edition by Paul Insel, Don Ross, Kimberley McMahon, Melissa Bernstein is a
student-friendly introduction to nutrition on a non-majors level. Coverage of
material such as digestion, metabolism, chemistry, and life cycle nutrition is
clearly written, accessible, and engaging to undergraduate students.
New to the
Discovering Nutrition 4th Edition :
• Upgraded and
modernized interior layout
• The 2010
Dietary Guidelines and MyPlate
• New section on
diet and health, including sections on obesity and physical activity
• Vitamin and
mineral supplements
• Spotlight on
childhood obesity
• Hypertension
• New pregnancy
weight gain guidelines from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research
Council
Expanded
information regarding Celiac Disease • More content on nutrition and disease •
Information on the Mediterranean diet; food guides of other countries
Author
Information Discovering Nutrition 4th Edition:
imothy P. Carr,
PhD, received his BS degree in biological sciences from California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis Obispo, in 1980. He obtained his MS degree in animal
science/food science and his PhD degree in nutritional sciences from the
University of Arizona in 1985 and 1989, respectively. From 1989 to 1993, he was
a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake
Forest University where he studied the effects of dietary fat on heart disease.
Dr. Carr was an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota from 1993 to
1996 where he conducted research and taught nutrition courses at both the
undergraduate and graduate level. In 1996, Dr. Carr moved to the University of
Nebraska -- Lincoln where he is currently Associate Professor of Nutritional
Biochemistry. His research program focuses on how dietary phytochemicals and fats
affect cholesterol metabolism at the cellular level. He also teaches several
courses, including Introduction to Nutrition and Advanced Nutrition for
undergraduates, and Carbohydrate and Lipid Nutrition for graduates.
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