Nutrition Throughout The Lifecycle

This text covers the major special nutrition issues that occur at different periods of the life cycle. The text begins with an overview of nutrition, including nutrition during adulthood, followed by coverage of nutrition during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and aging. The third edition puts greater emphasis on physical fitness throughout the life cycle and discusses the new Food Guide Pyramid, vegetarian diets, teen-age pregnancy, preconception care, and addiction behaviors.