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Contemporary Nutrition is a complete and balanced resource for nutrition information written at a level non-science majors can understand. Completely revised and up-to-date, it provides the ideal balance of reliable nutrition information and practical consumer-oriented knowledge. With a friendly writing style, the authors act as the student's personal guide to dispelling common misconceptions and to gaining a solid foundation for making informed nutrition choices.Salient Features Learning Outcomes are clearly outlined at the beginning of each chapter. End-of-chapter material is also correlated to the learning outcomes so that students can assess whether theyve mastered the assigned outcomes. Case Study each chapter culminates with a Case Study that presents a real life situation followed by a list of directed questions to assist students in applying the nutrition knowledge from the chapter. Responses to the Case Study questions are found in Appendix A. Newsworthy Nutrition new feature in the margin that incorporates hot topics recently found in the news and relates the nutritional science to help students make connections between the course and the real world.