Understanding Nutrition
Key differences between 14th and 13th editions
- Time lapse between current and previous editions: 3 years (2015 vs 2012).
- Major changes between the Fourteenth and Thirteenth Editions:
- Chapter 1:
- Table on six classes of nutrients
- New term in glossary registered dietitian nutritionist
- Chapter 2:
- Figure 2.9 illustrates differences and changes in Nutrition Facts Label
- Example of front-of-package labeling
- Chapter 3: Material in gastrointestinal microbiome
- Chapter 4:
- Table showing the glycemic index of common foods
- Table listing the purposes of added sugars to foods
- Chapter 5:
- Table which defines desirable blood lipid levels
- List of fat options among the protein foods
- Figure on how to read labels on Omega-3 supplements
- Chapter 7:
- Examples of alcohol beverage labels
- Chapter 8:
- Tables on estimating energy expended on basal metabolism and on the thermic effect of food
- New term Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
- Adverse consequences of inadequate energy intake
- Discussion of food addiction
- Chapter 9:
- Material on brite/beige adipocytes
- Latest FDA approved weight loss drugs Belviq® (lorcaserin) and Qsymia® (phentermine and topiramate)
- Table of health strategies to prevent obesity in the United States
- Chapter 11: Discussion on "golden rice", a genetically engineered rice to biosynthesize beta-carotene.
- Chapter 13: List of dietary factors that influence iron absorption.
- Chapter 14:
- Table demonstrating difference between heat stroke and hypothermia
- Discussion about beta-alanine, a non-essential amino acid.
- Chapter 15:
- Benefits of The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- Risk factors for gestational diabetes
- Chapter 16:
- Table on protective factors in breast milk
- List of common choking items
- Discussion of new school meal programs
- Chapter 17: Picture comparing healthy lens versus cataract lens
- Chapter 18:
- Lists of nutrients known to play important roles in immune function
- Discussion on fasting blood glucose test and A1C test for diabetes
- Chapter 19:
- Information on ultra-processed foods, the products that combine processed ingredients
- Paragraph on arsenic contamination
14th Edition of
Understanding Nutrition
with Diet Analysis Plus, 2 terms Access Card
CD-ROM
ISBN-10: 1305617770
ISBN-13: 9781305617773
Published by: Cengage Learning, January 01, 2015
eBook, 928 pages
eBook ISBN: 9781305537620
Published by: Cengage Learning, January 01, 2015
Hardcover, 928 pages
ISBN-10: 128587434X
ISBN-13: 9781285874340
Published by: Wadsworth Publishing, January 01, 2015
with MindTap Nutrition, 1 term Access Card
Loose Leaf
ISBN-10: 1305616707
ISBN-13: 9781305616707
Published by: Cengage Learning, January 01, 2015
Loose Leaf, 928 pages
ISBN-10: 1305396456
ISBN-13: 9781305396456
Published by: Wadsworth Publishing, January 01, 2015
13th Edition of
Understanding Nutrition
Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1418884898
ISBN-13: 9781418884895
Published by: Wadsworth Publishing, June 01, 2013
with MindTap Nutrition Access Card
Loose Leaf
ISBN-10: 1305236130
ISBN-13: 9781305236134
Published by: Wadsworth Publishing, June 01, 2013
Loose Leaf
ISBN-10: 1285025032
ISBN-13: 9781285025032
Published by: Cengage Learning, February 01, 2016
12th Edition of
Understanding Nutrition
Hardcover, 960 pages
ISBN-10: 0538734655
ISBN-13: 9780538734653
Published by: Wadsworth Publishing, January 01, 2010