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An Introduction to Nutrition

Welcome to Essentials of Nutrition: A Functional Approach! This book is written for students who are not majoring in nutrition, but want to learn about the fundamental aspects of nutrition and how it applies to their own lives. We have written this book with the assumption that you have little or no prior knowledge of college level chemistry, biology, or physiology. But that does not mean it’s not scientific! Nutrition is a science-based...

Keywords:: lipids, nutrients, proteins, life, human body, cycle, energy, body weight, balance, blood function, wellness, metabolism, diet, nutrition

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Health Sciences / Nutrition

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Date Added to MERLOT:: January 31, 2020
Date Modified in MERLOT:: November 1, 2022
Authors:: Maureen Zimmerman, Mesa Community College
Beth Snow, University of British Columbia
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:: PDF, Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International