Linda Kelly DeBruyne, M.S., R.D., received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in nutrition and food science from Florida State University. She is a founding member of Nutrition and Health Associates, an information resource center in Tallahassee, Florida, where her specialty areas are life cycle nutrition and fitness. Her publications include the textbooks NUTRITION FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE, NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY and HEALTH: MAKING LIFE CHOICES. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist and maintains a professional membership in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Linda Kelly DeBruyne, M.S., R.D., received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in nutrition and food science from Florida State University. She is a founding member of Nutrition and Health Associates, an information resource center in Tallahassee, Florida, where her specialty areas are life cycle nutrition and fitness. Her publications include the textbooks NUTRITION FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE, NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY and HEALTH: MAKING LIFE CHOICES. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist and maintains a professional membership in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Kathryn Pinna, Ph.D., received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in nutrition from the University of California at Berkeley. She taught nutrition, food science and human biology courses in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years and also worked as an outpatient dietitian, Internet consultant and freelance writer. Her publications include the textbooks "Nutrition for Health and Health Care," "Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition" and "Nutrition & Diet Therapy." She is currently a member of the American Society for Nutrition and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

• 1. Overview of Nutrition and Health.2. Digestion and Absorption.3. Carbohydrates.4. Lipids.5. Protein.6. Energy Balance and Body Composition.7. Weight Management.8. The Vitamins.9. Water and the Minerals.10. Nutrition through the Life Span: Pregnancy and Lactation.11. Nutrition through the Life Span: Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence.12. Nutrition through the Life Span: Later Adulthood.13. Nutrition Care and Assessment.14. Nutrition Intervention and Diet–Drug Interactions.15. Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Support.16. Nutrition in Metabolic and Respiratory Stress.17. Nutrition and Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders.18. Nutrition and Lower Gastrointestinal Disorders.19. Nutrition and Liver Diseases.20. Nutrition and Diabetes Mellitus.21. Nutrition and Cardiovascular Diseases.22. Nutrition and Renal Diseases.23. Nutrition, Cancer, and HIV Infection.