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Seventh Edition

 

Dr. Paul Insel, PhD; Kimberley McMahon, MDA, RD, LD; Melissa Bernstein, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, DipACLM, FNAP

ISBN:9781284300758

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Available:05/13/2025
$186.95

Incorporating the latest research and dietary guidelines, Discovering Nutrition, Seventh Edition introduces students to the fundamentals of nutrition with an engaging and personalized approach. Written with a diverse student population of nutrition majors and non-majors in mind, this text focuses on teaching behavior change and personal decision making with an emphasis on how our nutritional behaviors influence lifelong personal health and wellness, while also presenting up-to-date scientific concepts in several innovative ways. 

Thoroughly updated, the new seventh edition covers current nutrition topics of interest such as personalized nutrition, nutrigenomics, the obesogenic environment, gut health, microbiome, plant-based diet, functional foods, bioavailability, nutrition density, and gut microbiome. Feature boxes such as the new Lifestyle Medicine, How Safe Is Your Drinking Water? Why Is This Important? For Your Information, Quick Bites, and more, ensure students learn personal and practical consumer-based nutrition information.

Key Features:

  • NEW Lifestyle Medicine feature explores how the daily choices we make, and our lifestyle behaviors impact our nutrition and overall health.
  • NEW & UPDATED - FYI and Quick Bite features provide in-depth discussions of controversial issues for classroom discussion.
  • UPDATED - Content reflects the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
  • UPDATED to include the latest data, statistics and references.
  • EXPANDED discussion of organic foods and genetically engineered foods includes greenhouse gas emissions and a new USDA labeling rule
  • Navigate Advantage Access in each new print copy unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook enriched with chapter quizzes, study aids, student study guide, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools

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