Reach your diet and nutritional goals with Brown/Williams' NUTRITION NOW, 9th Edition! Understanding the basic principles of nutrition and its impacts on health can lead to informed decisions and greater success reaching health goals now and throughout your lifetime. Chapters cover nutrition topics such as diet planning, nutrition labels, macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, physical activity, pregnancy and lactation, common chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, dietary supplements, global issues and much more. Content is organized into short units designed to be quick and manageable to help you focus on the concepts while applying what you have learned to your own life.

About the Author
Judith E. Brown is a nutrition researcher, writer and speaker who provides consultation services to the food and pharmaceutical industries as well as government health programs. As a professor emeritus of the Division of Epidemiology and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Minnesota, she successfully obtained and completed large, competitively funded research grants related to nutrition and health. Her areas of expertise include scientific advising on new product development, advising on product evaluation studies, public speaking to professional groups, consumer-oriented publications on topics specific to health and nutrition and expert opinion papers on the safety and efficacy of nutrients, neutraceuticals and fortified products. Dr. Brown has more than 30 years of instructional experience in the field of nutrition and has written more than 100 research articles for publication. An avid researcher and an exceptional writer and teacher, she is one of the most influential and respected authors in the field.


Book Information
ISBN 9780357852538
Author Judith Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 672
Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
Weight(grams) 1134g
Dimensions(mm) 275mm * 230mm * 17mm