Nutrition: Science and Applications Helps Students Develop the Scientific Understanding...

Nutrition: Science and Applications Helps Students Develop the Scientific Understanding to Support Their Personal and Professional Decisions

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c80287) has announced the
addition of "Nutrition: Science and Applications" to their offering.

Nutrition: Science and Applications helps students develop the
scientific understanding to support their personal and professional
decisions. Using a critical thinking approach brings nutrition out of
the classroom and allows students to apply the logic of science to
their own nutrition concerns - both as consumers and as future
scientists and health professionals.

About the Author

Lori Smolin received her B.S. degree from Cornell University,
where she studied human nutrition and food science. She received her
doctorate from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Her doctoral
research focused on B vitamins, homocysteine accumulation, and genetic
defects in homocysteine metabolism. She completed postdoctoral
training both at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she studied
human obesity, and at the University of California at San Diego, where
she studied genetic defects in amino acid metabolism. She has
published in these areas in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Smolin is
currently at the University of Connecticut, where she teaches both in
the Department of Nutritional Sciences and in the Department of
Molecular and Cell Biology. Courses she has taught include
introductory nutrition, lifecycle nutrition, food preparation,
nutritional biochemistry, general biochemistry, and introductory
biology.

Mary Grosvenor received her B.A. degree in English from Georgetown
University and her M.S. in Nutrition Sciences from the University of
California at Davis. She is a registered dietitian and certified
diabetes educator who has worked in public health, clinical nutrition,
and nutrition research as well as education. She teaches introductory
nutrition at the community college level. She has published in
peerreviewed journals in the areas of nutrition and cancer and methods
of assessing dietary intake.

Topics Covered:

-- Nutrition: Food for Health

-- Nutrition Guidelines: Applying the Science of Nutrition

-- Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism

-- Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starches, and Fiber

-- Lipids

-- Proteins and Amino Acids

-- Energy Balance and Weight Management

-- The Water-Soluble Vitamins

-- The Fat-Soluble Vitamins

-- Water and the Electrolytes

-- Major Minerals and Bone Health

-- The Trace Element

-- Nutrition and Physical Activity

-- Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation

-- Nutrition from Infancy to Adolescence

-- Nutrition and Aging: The Adult Years

-- Food Safety

-- World Hunger and Malnutrition

For more information, visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c80287

Research and Markets
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