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Discovering Nutrition. Second edition.

Publication: Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Discovering Nutrition. Second edition.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Discovering Nutrition. Second edition

Insel P, Turner RE, Ross D. Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 2006, 646 pages, $127.50, ISBN 0763735558

Discovering Nutrition is an introductory nutrition textbook designed for graduate students with little or no background in biology, chemistry or physiology. The aim is to give students the tools to critically interpret nutrition information provided in the media, on food labels and by government agencies, and to help them become 'sophisticated consumers of both nutrients and nutrition information'. To achieve this aim, the authors offer a behavioural approach to learning, challenging students to learn by a process of discovery (as the title suggests) and to understand, not just memorise, the...

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