Understanding Nutrition | 17th Edition

Ellie Whitney/Sharon Rady Rolfes/Haiyan Maier
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The updated 17th Edition of Whitney/Rolfes/Maier's bestselling UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION, presents the core information of an introductory nutrition course for majors, with active learning that prepares students for their future careers. An overarching goal of the text is to help readers learn to distinguish valid nutrition information from misinformation. In addition to providing accurate information, the text encourages readers to understand the connections between concepts, evaluate the pros and cons of an argument, detect inconsistencies and errors, solve problems and identify the relevance of information.