Nutrition and Metabolism

In this second edition of the second title in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series,Nutrition and Metabolism has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student.

Ground-breaking in scope and approach, this title:Provide students with the required scientific basics of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approachEnable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition, to apply these throughout their training, and to foster critical thinking at all timesIs fully peer-reviewed, to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspective

Nutrition and Metabolism is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, ­medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food science, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find much of great value within its pages.

Other books in the Nutrition Society Textbook Series

Introduction to Human Nutrition
ISBN 9781405168076

Clinical Nutrition
ISBN 9780632056262Public Health Nutrition
ISBN 9780632056279

For further information, companion material for use with these textbooks, and full details of how to purchase them, visit: www.wiley.com/go/nutritionsociety

About the Editors

Susan A Lanham-New, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK.

Ian A Macdonald, University of Nottingham, UK.

Helen M Roche, School of Public Health and Population Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Contributors vii

Series Foreword ix

Preface x

First Edition Acknowledgments xi

Dedication xiii

1 Core Concepts of Nutrition 1
Ian A Macdonald and Michael J Gibney

2 Molecular Aspects of Nutrition 7
Helen M Roche, Herman E Popeijus and Ronald P Mensink

3 Integration of Metabolism 1: Energy 35
Xavier M Leverve

4 Integration of Metabolism 2: Macronutrients 49
Keith N Frayn and Abayomi O Akanji

5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino Acids 72
Margaret E Brosnan, John T Brosnan and Vernon R Young

With grateful appreciation to the outstanding work of Dr Vernon Young formally of MIT, USA (19372004)

6 Pregnancy and Lactation 102
Joop MA van Raaij and Lisette CPGM de Groot

7 Growth and Ageing 119
Mark L Wahlqvist and Prasong Tienboon

8 Nutrition and the Brain 155
John D Fernstrom and Madelyn H Fernstrom

9 The Sensory Systems and Food Palatability 184
Conor M Delahunty

10 The Gastrointestinal Tract 205
Mariano Mañas, Emilio Martínez de Victoria, Angel Gil, María D Yago and John C Mathers

11 The Cardiovascular System 247
Gabriele Riccardi, Angela A Rivellese and Christine M Williams

12 The Skeletal System 272
John M Pettifor, Ann Prentice, Kate Ward and Peter Cleaton-Jones

13 The Immune and Inflammatory Systems 312
Parveen Yaqoob and Philip C Calder

Additional resources are published on the books website: www.wiley.com/go/nutmet

14 Phytochemicals 339
Aedín Cassidy and Colin D Kay

15 The Control of Food Intake 353
Adam Drewnowski and France Bellisle

16 Overnutrition 360
Linda Bandini, Albert Flynn and Renee Scampini

17 Undernutrition 378
Paul Kelly

18 Exercise Performance 387
Asker E Jeukendrup and Louise M Burke

Index 418