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Biology of Human Nutrition

This note is intended for all levels of students who want to learn about how nutrition impacts their health and life. Topics covered includes: cell structure and function, macronutrients and micronutrients, anatomy and function of the digestive system, biochemistry of digestion, absorption and nutrient utilization, neurophysiological basis of hunger/satiety; psychological and social aspects of eating behavior, food value, cost, and sustainable food production, hunger and malnutrition, nutritional needs at different stages of life; and diet-related health issues.

Author(s): Dr Marie McMahon, The Biology of Nutrition, Miramar College

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Nutrition in Health and Diseases

The overall aim of this note is to increase the knowledge and skills of learners in nutrition and its application to developing and maintaining health through life cycle. Other aims include providing for the learners understanding of basic nutrition and application of this basic knowledge in nutrition to solving diet related health problems. This note describes the importance of nutrition in attaining optimal health, productivity, healthful reproductive system, freedom from infections and non-infectious diseases, industrial, social and mental developments.

Author(s): National Open University of Nigeria

148Pages

Nutrition Lecture Notes For Health Extension Workers

The entire efforts in the preparation of this lecture note require that the elements of nutrition should be understood by Health Extension Students and their Instructors for the implementation of nutrition interventions. General Nutrition, Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, Basal Metabolism, Vitamins, Mineral Salts, Water, Growth and Development, Nutritional Surveillance, Nutrition Intervention, Essential Nutrition Actions Approach.

Author(s): Melkie Edris, Debub University

97Pages

Nutrition Blended Learning Module for the Health Extension Programme

This note covers the following topics: Food, Diet and Nutrition, Nutrients and their Sources, Nutritional Requirements throughout the Lifecycle, Infant and Young Child Feeding, Nutritional Assessment, Common Nutritional Problems in Ethiopia, Preventing Micronutrient Problems in Ethiopia, Household Food Security, Managing Acute Malnutrition, Managing Severe Acute Malnutrition, Nutrition Education and Counselling, Nutrition and HIV, Nutrition Information System.

Author(s): Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

207Pages

Fat and Blood

Shortly after the American Civil War, neurologist S. Weir Mitchell became interested in a certain group of women, whom he describes as of a class well known to every physician,-nervous women, who, as a rule, are thin and lack blood. In his long essay, essentially a compilation of case studies, he further characterizes these patients and outlines the treatment which he found to be unfailingly successful in returning them to normal activity.

Author(s): S. Weir Mitchell

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