Nutrition Concepts and Controversies With Infotrac [Paperback]

Frances Sizer Webb (Author), Eleanor Noss Whitney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2002 | ISBN-10: 0534577997 | ISBN-13: 978-0534577995 | Edition: 9th

Focuses on nutrition principles and their application while offering outstanding coverage of the biological foundations of nutrition without assuming previous knowledge of them.

Product Details

• Paperback: 816 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co; 9th edition (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534577997
• ISBN-13: 978-0534577995
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,358,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Frances Sizer, M.S., RD, FADA, is certified as a charter Fellow of the American Dietetic Association. She is also a founding member and vice president of Nutrition and Health Associates, a Florida-based information and resource center that maintains an online bibliographic database tracking system that conducts research in more than 1,000 topic areas of nutrition. In addition to the best-selling NUTRITION CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES, Sizer was a primary author of the first ever instructional and animated NUTRITION INTERACTIVE CD-ROM (Cengage Wadsworth). Her previous publications include NUTRITION CLINICS, a monograph series for health professionals, and the college text THE FITNESS TRIAD: MOTIVATION, TRAINING, AND NUTRITION. In addition to writing, enjoying her family, and schooling her horse in dressage, Sizer is also an active board member of ECHO, a local hunger and homelessness relief organization in her community. Sizer received her B.S. and M.S. in nutrition from Florida State University. Ellie Whitney, Ph.D., received her B.A. in biology from Radcliffe College in 1960 and her Ph.D. in biology from Washington University, St. Louis, in 1970. Formerly on the faculty at Florida State University and a dietitian registered with the American Dietetic Association, she now devotes all her time to research, writing, and consulting in nutrition, health, and environmental issues. Her earlier publications include articles in SCIENCE, GENETICS, and other journals. Her textbooks include NUTRITION CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES; UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION; UNDERSTANDING NORMAL AND CLINICAL NUTRITION; NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY; and NUTRITION FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE, all with Wadsworth. She also recently co-authored PRICELESS FLORIDA (Pineapple Press), a comprehensive text examining the ecosystems in her home state. Her additional interests include energy conservation, solar energy use, alternatively fueled vehicles, and ecosystem restoration.

Customer Reviews

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential reference for all nutrition students, October 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies (Paperback)

A user friendly and very readable text book. I have been using previous editions and look out for new ones. If a Nutrition student can afford to own just one text book, this is it.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great source of information, very comprehensive, informative, June 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies (Paperback)

I have been using this book (former editions for 10 years). It is one of the most educated, entertaining,and comprehebsive nutrition books a have ever had. I am a nurse and share nutrition wisdom from this book with my patients on daily bases.