Nutrition and Metabolism /

Abstract

Nutrition and Metabolism 2e is the second of this series of four textbooks: Introduction to Human Nutrition 2e was published last year and launched at the 2009 Nutrition Society Conference, held at the University of Surrey, Guildford. It was seen very much as an ‘introductory’ textbook and, as such, was designed not only for students of nutritional sciences but also for the many undergraduate and postgraduate students who have aspects of nutrition in their courses (e.g. medicine, pharmacy, nursing and food science). Nutrition and Metabolism 2e is aimed at the student (undergraduate and postgraduate) opting to pursue nutrition as a main academic subject. This textbook, as the title implies, has as its focus the physiological and biochemical basis for the role of nutrients in metabolism. The first seven chapters cover some core areas, some traditional areas, such as the integration of metabolic nutrition or areas related to stages of growth, and also focuses on molecular nutrition. This is an area of considerable growth and development. Following on from this, the chapters are organised in a slightly different manner, taking the view that the role of individual nutrients should be integrated into chapters on a ‘systems’ level rather than a specific nutrient one.