Foods & Nutrition

Introduction to Foods & Nutrition

• Human Nutrition from the University of Hawaii Manoa
  This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and is the OER textbook for the FSHN 185 The Science of Human Nutrition course at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.
• The Kansas State University Human Nutrition from Kansas State University
  The Kansas State University Human Nutrition Flexbook is a textbook for intermediate-level, human nutrition courses (originally designed for Kansas State University classes taken primarily by sophomores and juniors because it has prerequisites of a college biology and chemistry courses).
• Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application from Open Oregon Educational Resources
  This book is designed as an OER text and learning resource for undergraduate students enrolled in FN 225 Nutrition at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. The book covers basic nutrition and metabolism, information literacy, energy balance, nutrition across life stages, dietary supplements, an in-depth look at each of the macronutrients, and major functions of vitamins and minerals.
• Nutrition Essentials from the Maricopa Open Digital Press
  Nutrition plays an important role in your life in relation to good health and well-being. Maybe, you’ve really never given much thought about nutrition. However, by taking a proactive approach to your health, you can rebuild a better, stronger foundation and move towards good health. This book can help you understand which foods to include in your diet and how those nutrients provide support for growth and repair in your body. The science-based information in this book can help guide you on a new journey towards good health. Each chapter introduces you to easy to understand nutritional topics from why nutrients are essential, how your body uses them and which foods contain those vital nutrients.
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