Authors: Dorothy F. West, Ph.D., Cindi Calhoun, and Jessica Peconi-Cook

Nutrition & Wellness for Life stresses the importance of healthful eating and physical activity across the life span. The text explores how decisions affect wellness at the various stages of the life cycle. Students will learn the body's need for various nutrients may be greater at some stages of the life cycle. Health and wellness begins in the kitchen and healthy eating requires planning and preparation. The text discusses safe food handling as well as healthy menu planning and food preparation techniques. Nutrition & Wellness for Life includes strategies for staying physically active through the life span. It covers the special needs of the competitive athlete. Students will learn how to recognize sources of stress and healthy strategies for reducing their impact on total wellness.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Nutrition & Wellness for Life, 5th Edition

• Front Matter
• Unit 1 Food Habits and Wellness
• • 1 - Making Wellness a Lifestyle
  • 2 - Factors Affecting Food Habits
  • 3 - Practicing Safe Food Habits
• Unit 2 Understanding Nutrients
• • 4 - Nutrients and You
  • 5 - Nutrition Guidelines
  • 6 - Carbohydrates
  • 7 - Lipids: Fats and Oils
  • 8 - Proteins
  • 9 - Vitamins
  • 10 - Minerals
  • 11 - Water
• Unit 3 Managing Your Nutrition
• • 12 - Energy Balance
  • 13 - Healthy Weight Management
  • 14 - Nutrition Across the Life Span
  • 15 - Eating for Sports Performance
  • 16 - Eating Disorders
• Unit 4 Serving Up Nutrition
• • 17 - Planning Healthy Meals
  • 18 - Shopping for Food
  • 19 - Preparing Food
• Unit 5 Other Aspects of Wellness
• • 20 - Staying Physically Active
  • 21 - Mental and Social Wellness
  • 22 - Stress and Wellness
  • 23 - Drug and Supplement Use and Your Health
• Appendix A Career Planning and Preparation
• Appendix B Ingredient Substitutions and Egg One-Cup Equivalents
• Appendix C Dietary Reference Intakes
• Appendix D Nutritive Values of Foods
• Appendix E Food Lists for Weight Management
• Appendix F Body Mass Index-for-Age Percentiles
• Glossary
• Index