Discovering Nutrition

Incorporating the latest research and dietary guidelines, Discovering Nutrition, Seventh Edition introduces students to the fundamentals of nutrition with an engaging and personalized approach. Written with a diverse student population of nutrition majors and non-majors in mind, this text focuses on teaching behavior change and personal decision making with an emphasis on how our nutritional behaviors influence lifelong personal health and wellness, while also presenting up-to-date scientific concepts in several innovative ways. Students will learn practical consumer-based nutrition information using the features highlighted through the text, including the new Lifestyle Medicine feature introducing food is medicine, Why is this Important? feature describing the practical importance of key concepts, For Your Information boxes presenting controversial topics, and Quick Bites offering fun facts.