Visit our FULL SITE to order Print or eTextbooks Food, Nutrition and Health, second edition, is an introductory text for all students of food and nutrition. This new edition includes more on nutrients and metabolism, and introduces important areas in Indigenous food security, social connections with food, and aspects of food science.The text begins with the basic principles of nutrition and the contexts in which nutrition knowledge is applied, before considering the application of nutrition knowledge under various conditions. Each chapter includes a section on pathways to practice to help students establish how they can apply the knowledge they are learning to broader policy and work environments in the real world.Understanding how food affects health is not just an area of learningit is a part of life. With extended coverage of nutrition, society and the human lifecycle, students will able to use this text throughout their studies and then take into practice.