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Paperback, Cengage TAGS: NURS1550H NUTR110 NUTR205 NUTR230 NUTR202 NUTR204 NUTR259 KINE3610
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, sixth Canadian edition, is an engaging text that strikes a balance with its scientific research, core concepts, and relevant applications. The authors draw readers into the study of nutrition with a lively and approachable writing style while dispelling students’ misconceptions and empowering them to make better nutrition choices and better behaviour changes.
What's New
- NEW Adaptive Test Prep questions in MindTap allow students to tailor their study to best address knowledge gaps for any areas of content
- NEW Debunk the Junk activities in MindTap help students to think critically and apply their learning to debunk myths about nutrition that they encounter in everyday life
- NEW Consumer’s Guide sections lead readers through an often bewildering marketplace with scientific clarity, preparing them to move ahead with sound marketplace decisions
- Updated information and new data regarding nutrient intakes and nutrition recommendations for Canadians
- Updated information on the prevalence of and death statistics for nutrition related chronic diseases in Canada, including the intersection of nutrition and COVID-19
- Major revision of language for gender inclusivity throughout
Features
- Diet & Wellness Plus, offered within MindTap, helps students understand how nutrition relates to their personal health goals. Students can track their diet and activity, generate reports, and analyze the nutritional value of the food they eat. Diet & Wellness Plus+ includes over 75,000 foods, as well as custom food and recipe features. The Behaviour Change Planner helps identify risks in your life and guides you through the key steps to make positive changes
- The Practical Food Feature, revised for the multicultural society that is Canada, invites students to apply chapter concepts in their everyday encounters with food. The Food Feature sections (and the Diet and Wellness Plus exercises) that appear in most chapters act as bridges between theory and practice, applying chapter concepts to help readers choose foods according to nutrition principles
- The Controversy features invite students to explore beyond the safe boundaries of established nutrition knowledge and examine numerous nutrition controversies. These additional readings delve into current scientific topics and emerging controversies
- The Snapshot boxes depict food sources of individual vitamins and minerals, present DRI values, and offer the chief functions of each nutrient along with deficiency and toxicity symptoms
- The Think Fitness features alert students to ways in which physical activity links with nutrition to support health and spells out the advantages of an active lifestyle
- The Self-Check features provide chapter-specific review questions