An expert resource that provides the knowledge on nutrition and health.

Highfield’s Foundation Nutrition & Health Handbook, including Healthier Foods and Special Diets, is an ideal text for use on foundation nutrition and health training courses, as well as for specialist in-house nutrition training courses.

Written to provide expert support to learners, the book delivers the key knowledge your students need to know so that they will gain a good understanding of the important issues involved in nutrition and health. It’s also ideal for use as a refresher training aid and for requalification.

Professionally designed with full colour illustrations and a gloss finish, this in-depth and engaging book comes in an A5 format.

One of the most comprehensive nutrition and health resources on the market, it covers the key topics including:

• Food, nutrition and diet
• Healthy eating and a healthy diet
• Fluid
• Nutrients
• Energy
• Proteins, fats and carbohydrates
• Vitamins and minerals
• Digestion and absorption
• Food groups
• Nutrition and the life stages
• Malnutrition
• Special diets
• Good intolerances and allergies
• Vulnerable groups