Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease by A Catharine Ross

Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease by A Catharine Ross

This widely acclaimed book is a complete, authoritative reference on nutrition and its role in contemporary medicine, dietetics, nursing, public health, and public policy. Distinguished international experts provide in-depth information on historical landmarks in nutrition, specific dietary components, nutrition in integrated biologic systems, nutritional assessment through the life cycle, nutrition in various clinical disorders, and public health and policy issues. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease , 11th Edition, offers coverage of nutrition's role in disease prevention, international nutrition issues, public health concerns, the role of obesity in a variety of chronic illnesses, genetics as it applies to nutrition, and areas of major scientific progress relating nutrition to disease.

"It would be a great reference for non-nutrition professionals to give them the basics about a wide variety of topicsThis is a substantial book, and it could be seen as a one-stop reference for those looking for key information."
Doody's Review
Amy Hess-Fischl, MS, RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDE(University of Chicago Medical Center)

Catharine Ross is the occupant of the Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair and Professor of Nutrition at The Pennsylvania State University. She earned her B.S. degree from the University of California at Davis and a Masters of Nutrition Sciences and Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular and cell biology from Cornell University. After postdoctoral work at Columbia University, she joined the faculty of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, where she advanced before moving to Penn State in 1994. She has served as councilor and treasurer of the AmericanSociety for Nutrition (ASN) and is currently Editor in Chief of The Journal of Nutrition. She received the Mead Johnson Award and the Osborne and Mendel Award from the ASN, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2003. She has served on various National Institutes of Health and Institute of Medicine committees, including the Food and Nutrition Board. Her research is focused on the regulation of vitamin A transport and function, especially in the immune system. Currently, she teaches graduate courses in molecular nutrition and an undergraduate writing intensive nutrition seminar. She served as an editor for the ninth and tenth editions of Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease.

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ISBN 13	9781605474618
ISBN 10	1605474614
Title	Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease
Author	A Catharine Ross
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Year published	2013-01-01
Number of pages	1648
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