Includes bibliographical references and index.

Food and nutrient patterns -- Food and nutrient structure -- The Physiology of nutrient digestion and absorption -- Body size and composition -- Energy balance and body weight regulation -- Carbohydrate metabolism -- Fat metabolism -- Protein metabolism and requirements -- Alcohol metabolism: implications for nutrition and health -- Water-soluble vitamins -- Fat-soluble vitamins -- Minerals and trace elements -- Inter-micronutrient topics -- Infancy, childhood and adolescence -- Prepregnancy, pregnancy and lactation -- Ageing and older people -- Vegetarian diets -- Dietary considerations for sport and exercise -- Cardiovascular disease -- Obesity -- Diabetes mellitus -- Cancers -- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract -- Nutrition and the skeleton -- Dental disease -- Immune function, food allergies and food intolerance -- Eating disorders -- Deficiency diseases -- Diet and genotype interactions-nutritional genomics -- The Science of epidemiology -- Nutritional assessment methods -- Food supply, factors affecting production, trade and access -- Food nutrition policies and interventions.