Book description
With obesity and diabetes assuming alarming epidemic proportions, diet
and nutrition are in the spotlight more than ever before. It has never
been more important for health care professionals to be well informed,
not only about the latest developments, but also about the scientific
facts. The Pocket Atlas of Nutrition is an accessible guide to all
aspects of nutrition, from basic chemistry to the most recent dietary
guidelines. Includes:- More than 150 easy-to-understand, full-color
plates - A comprehensive list of nutrients, including for each its
composition, effect, function, occurrence and daily requirements, as
well as recommended intake - An extensive listing of all vitamins,
minerals, trace elements as well as non-nutritive substances with their
function and interaction- Accessible discussions of special diets as
well as nutritional recommendations for various medical conditions and
throughout the life course, e. g. for pregnant women or athletes-
Up-to-date coverage of food-related diseases, including BSE, genetically
modified foods, food quality, food allergies, and functional foodsWe are
bombarded by new information and claims about nutrition every day. The
Pocket Atlas of Nutrition -- concise, practical, and designed for quick
reference -- is an ideal basic guide for professionals and interested
lay readers alike. "...A basic guide providing concise, practical
and easy to use information on some core areas of nutrition, and
intended for quick reference. It certainly is very useful as such a
guide. The book is structured in a very clear and easy to use way. The
left of each double page contains the text, while on the right color
plates illustrate the topic. This structure follows a similar one
throughout the Thieme series of pocket guides and...it has been a
well-established standard feature of these guides. The color plates are
generally excellent and in many cases do not only serve as illustrative
material, but summarize complex issues in a simple and didactically
useful way. The book certainly achieves the goal to provide basic facts
relevant in the field. The crucial advantage lies in this selectivity of
topics and in an excellent didactic presentation of the material. I am
certain that the book will be of particular interest as such a quick
reference for researchers and practitioners, but it also will be of
interest to students... Thus, it will also be crucial for informing a
broader public about some of the core problems of all our societies, but
most notably the ones with a diet which less and less relies on local
and traditional knowledge, but instead more and more on ready made
(convenience) food."--Journal of Ethnopharmacology_x000D_ _x000D_
"This book lives up to its name as a compact and thorough source of
information on nutrition. The information is essentially presented in a
'dictionary' format although, unlike most dictionaries, it contains
charts and color diagrams on every right-hand page, relating directly to
the entries on the opposite page. The material is set out in a logical
manner, making information easy to find without having to refer to the
index. ...Delivers invaluable information."--Complementary Medicine
Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition Sciences, University of
Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
