Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease
$440.20
- Paperback
1620 pages
- Release Date
11 December 2024
Summary
Introducing the twelfth edition of Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, a seminal text in the field of nutrition. Originally published in 1950, this revised print and digital edition - now in full-color - serves as both a comprehensive learning resource for undergraduate and graduate nutrition majors, and an authoritative reference for nutrition practitioners.
Authored and edited by distinguished experts worldwide, this twelfth edition features new chapters on interprofess…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781284264432 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1284264432 |
| Author: | Katherine L. Tucker, Christopher P. Duggan, Gordon L. Jensen, Karen E. Peterson |
| Publisher: | Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc |
| Imprint: | Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1620 |
| Edition: | 12th |
| Release Date: | 11 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 2.72kg |
| Dimensions: | 225mm x 283mm |
Katherine L. Tucker
Katherine L. Tucker, PhD is Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Population Health at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her research focuses on dietary intake, metabolism, and chronic disease in diverse populations, including as principal investigator of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. She is a Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition, the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, and the Gerontological Society of America.
Christopher P. Duggan, MD, MPH is a pediatric gastroenterologist and nutrition physician at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he directs the Center for Nutrition and is Medical Director of the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation. His research interests are in maternal and child health in low-resource settings, as well as diarrheal disease and undernutrition. He is the Samuel Meltzer Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School. He has been Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition since 2019.
Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD is Emeritus Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Medicine and Nutrition at the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont. His research has focused on the impact of nutritional status on health and functional outcomes in older persons. He is a past president of the American Society for Nutrition and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. He is a recipient of the Jonathan Rhoads Lecture and is a fellow in both ASPEN and ASN.
Karen E. Peterson, ScD is the Stanley M. Garn Collegiate Professor and inaugural Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on interactions of toxicants and diet on growth, maturation, and cardiometabolic risk across the life course, and the evaluation of interventions addressing lifestyle behaviors related to obesity and chronic conditions. She is an Associate Editor of Pediatric Obesity.
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