An overview of nutrition -- Planning a healthy diet -- Digestion, absorption, and transport -- The carbohydrates: sugars, starches, and fibers -- The lipids: triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols -- Protein: amino acids -- Metabolism: transformations and interactions -- Energy balance and body composition -- Weight management: overweight, obesity, and underweight -- The water-soluble vitamins: B vitamins and vitamin C -- The fat soluble vitamins: A, D, E, and K -- Water and the major minerals -- The trace minerals -- Fitness:physical activity, nuitrients, and body adaptations -- Life cycle nutrition: pregnancy and lactation -- Life cycle nutrition: infancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Life cycle nutrition: adulthood and the later years -- Diet and health -- Consumer concerns about foods and water -- Hunger and the global environment -- Cells, hormones, and nerves -- Basic chemistry concepts -- Biochemical structures and pathways -- Measures of protein quality -- Nutrition assessment -- Physical activity and energy requirements -- Exchange lists for diabetes -- Table of food composition -- WHO (World Health Organization): recommendations -- Canada: guidelines and meal planning -- Healthy people 2010 -- Dietary reference intakes -- Daily values for food labels -- Body mass index (BMI).