Nutrition and You - Couverture souple

Nutrition and You incorporates a personalized approach to students’ nutritional concerns and interests in a readable, engaging, and motivating style. The photos, illustrations, and text present each vitamin and mineral in self-contained spreads, called Visual Summary Tables, that appeal to students’ propensity for visual learning. This format enables students to identify the key aspects of each nutrient at a glance and in a consistent and easy-to-study format.

The book’s personalized features ask students to relate the science of nutrition to their own dietary habits, while allowing them to separate fact from fiction and to distinguish high quality nutrient sources from those of lesser quality.  This approach teaches students to think critically about information sources and the claims made in the popular press and online.  The text’s comprehensive package includes supplements developed to address instructor and student needs, with media components developed specifically to complement the book’s strengths.

Joan Salge Blake (MS, RD, LDN) is a clinical assistant professor and dietetics internship director at Boston University's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.  She is a member of the American Dietetic association and the Massachusetts Dietetic Association (MDA), has been a presenter and presiding officer at both the ADA Annual Meeting and the MDA Annual Convention, and has been named MDA's "Young Dietitian of the Year."  She is a recipient of the Whitney Powers Excellence in Teaching Award from Boston University.  In addition to teaching and writing, Joan has a private practice specializing in weight management and lifestyle.  She is a member of the ABC News Medical Expert Network and a contributor of articles to a variety of magazines.