Discovering Nutrition

Discovering Nutrition, Fourth Edition is a student-friendly introduction to nutrition on a non-majors level. Coverage of material such as digestion, metabolism, chemistry, and life cycle nutrition is clearly written, accessible, and engaging to undergraduate students.

New to the Fourth Edition
• Upgraded and modernized interior layout
• The 2010 Dietary Guidelines and MyPlate
• New section on diet and health, including sections on obesity and physical activity
• Vitamin and mineral supplements
• Spotlight on childhood obesity
• Hypertension
• New pregnancy weight gain guidelines from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council
• Expanded information regarding Celiac Disease
• More content on nutrition and disease
• Information on the Mediterranean diet; food guides of other countries