Part one : Nutrition basics. What nourishes you? -- The basics of a healthy diet -- Part two : The energy-yielding nutrients. Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- Digestion and absorption -- Part three : Energy production and energy balance. Metabolism -- Energy balance and weight control -- Nutrition for fitness -- Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa -- Part four : The vitamins and minerals. The fat-soluble vitamins -- The water-soluble vitamins -- Water and the major minerals -- The trace minerals -- Part five : Nutrition applications in the life cycle. Pregnancy and breast feeding -- Nutrition from infancy through adolescence -- Nutrition during adulthood -- Part six : Putting nutrition knowledge into practice. Food safety -- Undernutrition throughout the world -- Appendixes. Food composition table -- Chemistry : a tool for understanding nutrition -- Dietary advice for Canadians -- Exchange system lists -- Dietary intake and energy expenditure assessment -- Fatty acids, including Omega-3 fatty acids in foods -- Determination of frame size -- Caffeine content of foods -- Prenatal weight gain chart -- Sources of nutrition information -- English-Metric conversions and metric units -- Answers to nutrition awareness inventories -- Answers to critical thinking questions -- Glossary.