- Features new illustrations in support of new concepts (e.g. lipids, Physical Activity Pyramid, and model of nutrient intake) throughout the text.
- Examines the interrelationship of health, fitness, sport and nutrition.
- Incorporates up-to-date research throughout the text, including expanded information on dietary supplements, ergogenic aids, and nutritional quackery.
- Offers practical activities throughout, such as estimating body fat, estimating the number of calories needed to maintain body weight, or calculating the caloric expenditure for a given exercise.
- Uses a question-answer approach with questions arranged in a logical sequence, so that the answer to one question often leads into the question that follows.
- Supports student learning with strong pedagogical tools such as chapter-opening Key Terms and Key Concepts; end-of-chapter Resources; end-of-book Appendices, Glossary and Index. The lists of resources at the end of each chapter have been updated, and some of the appendices are new.
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