Nutrition : concepts and controversies/ Sizer, Whitney.

Authors' full names, Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, and Eleanor Noss Whitney, on page [iv].

Includes bibliographical references (pages F-1 - F-47) and index.

Food choices and human health -- Nutrition tools : standards and guidelines -- The remarkable body -- The carbohydrates : sugar, starch, glycogen, and fiber -- The lipids : fats, oils, phospholipids, and sterols -- The proteins and amino acids -- The vitamins -- Water and minerals -- Energy balance and healthy body weight -- Performance nutrition -- Diet and health -- Food safety and food technology -- Life cycle nutrition : mother and infant -- Child, teen, and older adult -- Hunger and the future of food.