| A Functional Approach: Vitamins and Minerals for Sizer/Whitney's Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, Loose-Leaf Version Contributor(s): Sizer, Frances (Author), Whitney, Ellie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0357045491 ISBN-13: 9780357045497 Publisher: Cengage Learning OUR PRICE: $23.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition - Nutrition - Medical | Nutrition |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 0.01" W x 10.6" (0.30 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - Health & Fitness |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Functional Approach is a small pamphlet (digitized as a small unit before the course) that organizes the vitamins, minerals, and water within the framework of the physiological functions and the health conditions they impact. The full narrative is unchanged, the unit just covers a different way of looking at the vitamins, minerals and water. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sizer, Frances: - Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, M.S., R.D., F.A.D.A., attended Florida State University, where, in 1980, she received her B.S. and, in 1982, her M.S. in nutrition. She is certified as a charter Fellow of the American Dietetic Association. She is a founding member and vice-president of Nutrition and Health Associates, an information and resource centre in Tallahassee, Florida, that maintains an ongoing bibliographic database tracking research in more than 1,000 topic areas of nutrition. Her textbooks include Life Choices: Health Concepts and Strategies; Making Life Choices; The Fitness Triad: Motivation, Training, and Nutrition; and others. She is a primary author of Nutrition Interactive, an instructional college-level nutrition CD-ROM. In addition to writing, she lectures at universities and at national and regional conferences and serves actively on the board of directors of ECHO, a local hunger and homelessness relief organization in her community.Whitney, Eleanor Noss: - Eleanor Noss 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 her full 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 Understanding Nutrition, Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, and Essential Life Choices for college students and Making Life Choices for high school students. Her most intense interests include energy conservation, solar energy uses, alternatively fuelled vehicles, and ecosystem restoration. She is an activist who volunteers full-time for the Citizens Climate Lobby. |