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                   Book Reviews
                   Human Nutrition, Thirteenth Edition. Edited                    material support including exam questions, extended 
                   by Catherine Geissler and Hilary Powers. Oxford                coverage  of  topics,  additional  figures/data  tables,  and 
                   University Press: New York, NY; 2017. US $69.95                even case studies. In this new edition, Geissler, Powers, 
                   (Paperback). 784 p. ISBN: 978-0198768029.                      and authors include the most recent advancements of 
                        Human Nutrition, Thirteenth Edition, is a compre-         knowledge in food safety, nutrition in the nervous sys-
                   hensive textbook that introduces the fundamental con-          tem, diet, and epigenetics.
                   cepts of the science of food and nutrition from molecular          Human Nutrition, Thirteenth Edition is an important 
                   mechanisms to nutrition policies.                              addition to the fundamental understanding of food and 
                        This textbook is organized into six main subsections      nutrition science. This textbook is best suited for under-
                   to provide a concrete introduction of the basics such as       graduate and graduate students and may also serve as a 
                   the chemistry of food, the physiology of digestion, and        reference guide for practitioners and researchers. Readers 
                   manifestation of nutrition-related diseases. The first sec-    will  find  Human Nutrition, Thirteenth Edition to be a 
                   tion describes the main sources of nutrition, the sociocul-    valuable and informative learning tool.
                   tural, geographical and economical factors that determine          Yasmin Zakiniaeiz
                   food choices, nutrient chemical structure, and how nutri-          Department of Psychiatry
                   ents are processed and stored. The second section focuses          Yale School of Medicine
                   on food safety, the physiology of nutrient digestion, ab-
                   sorption and secretion, body size and composition, and 
                   metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and alcohol.      Essentials of Human Nutrition, Fifth Edition. 
                   The third section emphasizes the absorption and transport      Edited by Jim Mann and A. Stewart Truswell. 
                   of vitamins and minerals. The fourth section explains  Oxford University Press: New York; 2017. US 
                   dietary requirements for various subpopulations such as        $74.95 (Paperback). 699 p. ISBN: 978-0198752981
                   children, pregnant women, older individuals, vegetarians, 
                   and athletes. The fifth section emphasizes clinical nutri-         Essentials of Human Nutrition, Fifth Edition, intro-
                   tion including diseases characterized by an excess and de-     duces the college, health, and food science professional 
                   ficiency of nutrients such as obesity, diabetes, cancer, and   student to human nutrition, arguably one of the most 
                   eating disorders. The sixth section of this textbook dis-      important determinants of health. The book content may 
                   cusses nutritional epidemiology, food supply, global nu-       also be of interest to the fitness industry and the general 
                   trition, policies, and interventions. Throughout the book,     public. The editors pride themselves in keeping the writ-
                   there is a recurrent theme of increasing global awareness      ing simple and readable, and they have indeed succeeded 
                   of the adverse effects of nutrient overconsumption and         in making the information accessible to a broad audience. 
                   underconsumption as well as suggestions for nutrition  The book is divided into nine parts. Throughout the book, 
                   policies to address this major global health problem.          the authors use informative case studies, tables, figures, 
                        The textbook ends with a glossary of terms, ap-           and “boxes” to highlight key and interesting takeaways. 
                   pendix of dietary reference values, and a subject index.       For example, in Box 1.1, page 8, one learns that some 
                   Overall, Human Nutrition, Thirteenth Edition describes  forms of Vitamin A affect transcription of genes for cel-
                   the latest developments in the field of nutrition science.     lular differentiation, and that in some of the plants that 
                   This textbook is important for understanding (1) the bi-       provide our food, the genetic makeup has been modified 
                   ology, chemistry, and physiology of nutrient metabolism,       to produce a crop that’s easier to grow or has an improved 
                   (2) how an excess or deficiency in nutrients can lead to       nutritional profile, like golden rice. References at the end 
                   disease and, (3) how to address this major global health       of each chapter provide suggestions for further reading.
                   concern with appropriate interventions.                            Part one introduces human nutrition and describes 
                        Editors Geissler and Powers, along with all contrib-      the idea behind evidence-based nutrition recommenda-
                   uting authors, use clear and concise language to provide       tions. Energy and macronutrients are covered in part two. 
                   thorough but comprehensible coverage of human nutri-           Here, one learns that carbohydrates, like glucose (with 
                   tion. In addition to this text, readers can also view online   the chemical formula C H O ), are the most important 
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