Children’s and teenage literature studies: general

Only a fifth of adults in the United States do enough physical activity to meet the guidelines set by Centers for Disease Control.

Only a fifth of adults in the United States do enough physical activity to meet the guidelines set by Centers for Disease Control.

Protecting our environment has never been more important than it is today in the wake of climate change and the ever-increasing demand on natural resources due to the expanding world population.

Protecting our environment has never been more important than it is today in the wake of climate change and the ever-increasing demand on natural resources due to the expanding world population.

The book on Fish Nutrition and Its Relevance to Human Health is an important document in fillingthe gap of requisite fish nutrition and sustainable aquaculture in different agro-climatic zones andits relevance to human health.

The book on Fish Nutrition and Its Relevance to Human Health is an important document in fillingthe gap of requisite fish nutrition and sustainable aquaculture in different agro-climatic zones andits relevance to human health.

Rulers of Literary Playgrounds: Politics of Intergenerational Play in Children's Literature offers multifaceted reflection on interdependences between children and adults as they engage in play in literary texts and in real life.

Rulers of Literary Playgrounds: Politics of Intergenerational Play in Children's Literature offers multifaceted reflection on interdependences between children and adults as they engage in play in literary texts and in real life.

Bamboo is an ordinary plant with extraordinary properties.

Bamboo is an ordinary plant with extraordinary properties.

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume.

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume.

Essential fatty acids are fatty acids that humans must ingest because the body requires them for good health, but it cannot synthesize itself.

Essential fatty acids are fatty acids that humans must ingest because the body requires them for good health, but it cannot synthesize itself.

Ancestral Diets and Nutrition supplies dietary advice based on the study of prehuman and human populations worldwide over the last two million years.

Ancestral Diets and Nutrition supplies dietary advice based on the study of prehuman and human populations worldwide over the last two million years.

In the five years since the publication of the first edition of Spatial Analysis: Statistics, Visualization, and Computational Methods, many new developments have taken shape regarding the implementation of new tools and methods for spatial analysis with R.

In the five years since the publication of the first edition of Spatial Analysis: Statistics, Visualization, and Computational Methods, many new developments have taken shape regarding the implementation of new tools and methods for spatial analysis with R.

The introduction of artificial lighting extends the time of wakefulness after dark and enables work at night, thus disturbing the human circadian rhythm.

The introduction of artificial lighting extends the time of wakefulness after dark and enables work at night, thus disturbing the human circadian rhythm.

This volume brings together information on the available and newly emerging technologies related to using plant compounds that have a beneficial role in food production.

This volume brings together information on the available and newly emerging technologies related to using plant compounds that have a beneficial role in food production.

This book volume sheds light on the health benefits of selected cereal grains, processing technologies of cereals, specific roles of bioactive compounds of cereals in chronic disease prevention, and traditional and latest technologies to improve the functional benefits of cereal-based products.

This book volume sheds light on the health benefits of selected cereal grains, processing technologies of cereals, specific roles of bioactive compounds of cereals in chronic disease prevention, and traditional and latest technologies to improve the functional benefits of cereal-based products.

The presence of drug and chemical residues in food products from animal sources is both a public health problem and a consumer concern.

This volume provides a contemporary and historical overview of infant nutrition in Europe, North America, and the Third World.

Talking Beyond the Page shows how different kinds of picturebooks can be used with children of all ages and highlights the positive educational gains to be made from reading, sharing, talking and writing about picturebooks.

A report from research in the MIT Sea Grant College Program.

This book examines several recent, major developments in the field of nutritional pathology, providing enhanced, current understanding of the role that altered or disturbed nutrition plays in the pathogenesis of disease.

This book is devoted to the effects of food and of nutrient intake on the disposition of foreign compounds, and discusses effects of drugs on nutrition.

In ten essays commissioned by the NutraSweet Company, contributors from the health and food sciences explain to the general consumer that nutrition is not as simple as some people make it out to be, and there are still questions about sugar, cholesterol, obesity, and other topics.

This book demonstrates that nutrients play a direct role as co-factors and regulators of the immune system.

Nutrition and Health: Topics and Controversies explores in detail the relationship between diet, nutritional status, and disease, and evaluates nutritional practices intended to minimize the incidence of and slow the progress of major chronic illnesses.

There is a critical need for iron intake during the first period of life.

The Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition is a concise reference for professionals and students interested in the role of lipids in nutrition.

An invaluable resource, Childhood Nutrition provides accurate facts on current concepts in pediatric nutrition, including theories of nutrition in the pathophysiology of disease and in developing nutritional healthcare plans.

The presence of drug and chemical residues in food products from animal sources is both a public health problem and a consumer concern.

This volume provides a contemporary and historical overview of infant nutrition in Europe, North America, and the Third World.

Originally published in 1999.

Originally published in 1991.

Originally published in 1990.

This book develops an analytical framework for understanding United States foreign agricultural policy through a "e;state interest"e; approach, and describes and analyses seven cases of food policy decisions through this perspective which shows that decision makers sought on most occasions to utilise US food resources to accomplish foreign policy objectives.

Originally published in 1995.

Originally published in 1999.

Originally published in 1991.

Originally published in 1990.

This book develops an analytical framework for understanding United States foreign agricultural policy through a "e;state interest"e; approach, and describes and analyses seven cases of food policy decisions through this perspective which shows that decision makers sought on most occasions to utilise US food resources to accomplish foreign policy objectives.

Originally published in 1995.

Talking Beyond the Page shows how different kinds of picturebooks can be used with children of all ages and highlights the positive educational gains to be made from reading, sharing, talking and writing about picturebooks.

Functionality of Food Proteins: Mechanisms, Modifications, Methods of Assessment and Applications provides researchers and users of plant-based proteins with the latest developments on their functionality at the molecular and ingredient level, and in food applications.