Nutrition and Metabolism Nutrition and Metabolism In this second edition of the second title in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Nutrition and Metabolism has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student. Ground-breaking in scope and approach, this title: Provide students with the required scientific basics of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition, to apply these throughout their training, and to foster critical thinking at all times Is fully peer-reviewed, to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspective Nutrition and Metabolism is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food science, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find much of great value within its pages. Other books in the Nutrition Society Textbook Series Introduction to Human Nutrition ISBN 9781405168076 Clinical Nutrition ISBN 9780632056262 Public Health Nutrition ISBN 9780632056279 For further information, companion material for use with these textbooks, and full details of how to purchase them, visit: wiley.com/go/nutritionsociety

Nutrition and MetabolismNutrition and MetabolismIn this second edition of the second title in the acclaimed Nutrition Society Textbook Series, Nutrition and Metabolism has been revised and updated to meet the needs of the contemporary student.Ground-breaking in scope and approach, this title:* Provide students with the required scientific basics of nutrition in the context of a systems and health approach* Enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition, to apply these throughout their training, and to foster critical thinking at all times* Is fully peer-reviewed, to ensure completeness and clarity of content, as well as to ensure that each book takes a global perspectiveNutrition and Metabolism is an essential purchase for students of nutrition and dietetics, and also for those students who major in other subjects that have a nutrition component, such as food science, -medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Professionals in nutrition, dietetics, food science, medicine, health sciences and many related areas will also find much of great value within its pages.Other books in the Nutrition Society Textbook SeriesIntroduction to Human NutritionISBN 9781405168076Clinical NutritionISBN 9780632056262Public Health NutritionISBN 9780632056279For further information, companion material for use with these textbooks, and full details of how to purchase them, visit: wiley.com/go/nutritionsociety

Contributors viiSeries Foreword ixPreface xFirst Edition Acknowledgments xiDedication xiii1 Core Concepts of Nutrition 1Ian A Macdonald and Michael J Gibney2 Molecular Aspects of Nutrition 7Helen M Roche, Herman E Popeijus and Ronald P Mensink3 Integration of Metabolism 1: Energy 35Xavier M Leverve4 Integration of Metabolism 2: Macronutrients 49Keith N Frayn and Abayomi O Akanji5 Integration of Metabolism 3: Protein and Amino Acids 72Margaret E Brosnan, John T Brosnan and Vernon R YoungWith grateful appreciation to the outstanding work of Dr Vernon Young formally of MIT, USA (1937-2004)6 Pregnancy and Lactation 102Joop MA van Raaij and Lisette CPGM de Groot7 Growth and Ageing 119Mark L Wahlqvist and Prasong Tienboon8 Nutrition and the Brain 155John D Fernstrom and Madelyn H Fernstrom9 The Sensory Systems and Food Palatability 184Conor M Delahunty10 The Gastrointestinal Tract 205Mariano Mañas, Emilio Martínez de Victoria, Angel Gil, María D Yago and John C Mathers11 The Cardiovascular System 247Gabriele Riccardi, Angela A Rivellese and Christine M Williams12 The Skeletal System 272John M Pettifor, Ann Prentice, Kate Ward and Peter Cleaton-Jones13 The Immune and Inflammatory Systems 312Parveen Yaqoob and Philip C CalderAdditional resources are published on the book's website: wiley.com/go/nutmet14 Phytochemicals 339Aedín Cassidy and Colin D Kay15 The Control of Food Intake 353Adam Drewnowski and France Bellisle16 Overnutrition 360Linda Bandini, Albert Flynn and Renee Scampini17 Undernutrition 378Paul Kelly18 Exercise Performance 387Asker E Jeukendrup and Louise M BurkeIndex 418