24 Nutrition Sciences
Food and Nutrition (NUT)
Human Nutrition – 2020 Edition∗
Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, Alan Titchenal, and Jennifer Draper (University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa)
2020
Licence: CC BY 4.0
This nutrition textbook covers introductory concepts in nutrition, from carbohydrates to trace minerals.
Formats: Pressbooks WebBook, EPUB, PDF, and more
Includes: Interactive learning activities
Reviews: Open Textbook Library
Suggested for:
NUT 1104 Food Sciences I [chapters 1-11, but requires adaption to Canadian context]
NUT 1304 Introduction to Nutrition [chapters 1-11, but requires adaption to Canadian context]
An Introduction to Nutrition∗
Maureen Zimmerman (Mesa Community College) and Beth Snow (UBC)
2012
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
This book is organized using a functional approach, which means that the material is organized around physiological functions, such as fluid and electrolyte balance, antioxidant function, bone health, energy and metabolism, and blood health, instead of organizing it strictly by nutrient. A primary goal of this text is to provide you with information backed by nutritional science and with a variety of resources that use scientific evidence to optimize health and prevent disease. In this chapter you will see that there are many conditions and deadly diseases that can be prevented by good nutrition. You will also discover the many other determinants of health and disease, how the powerful tool of scientific investigation is used to design dietary guidelines and recommendations that will promote health and prevent disease.
Formats: Online and PDF
Includes: End-of-chapter exercises
Reviews: Open Textbook Library
Suggested for:
NUT 1304 Introduction to Nutrition
Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application∗
Alice Callahan, Heather Leonard, and Tamberly Powell (Lane Community College)
Last updated: December 2020
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This book is designed as an OER text and learning resource for undergraduate students enrolled in FN 225 Nutrition at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. The book covers basic nutrition and metabolism, information literacy, energy balance, nutrition across life stages, dietary supplements, an in-depth look at each of the macronutrients, and major functions of vitamins and minerals.
Formats: Pressbooks WebBook, PDF, EPUB, and MOBI
Includes: Learning objectives and self-check questions
Reviews: Open Textbook Library
Suggested for:
NUT 1304 Introduction to Nutrition
Intermediate Nutrition∗
Brian Lindshield (Kansas State University)
Last updated: January 2021
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This text is used for FNDH 400 at Kansas State University, which is a 3-hour, intermediate-level, nutrition course taught on campus every spring semester, and all 3 semesters (fall, spring, summer) via K-State Online. Ideally on-campus students take the course during the spring semester of their sophomore year. Most on-campus students in the class are majoring in Nutritional Sciences, Nutrition and Health (pr