American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide (3rd ed)

This is the definitive food and nutrition reference and healthy eating guide now extensively revised and updated to reflect the latest dietary guidelines.

A consistent best-seller, with more than 75,000 copies sold of the previous editions, this award-winning guide, from the world's most prestigious group of nutritionists, provides families with authoritative, reliable information on food and nutrition.

This new edition is updated to explain and demystify the USDA's 2005 Dietary Guidelines.

It also contains revisions throughout, based on the latest nutrition research, including new or expanded information on women's health and nutrition, nutrition for children, nutrition supplements, food allergies and intolerances, food-borne bacteria, antioxidant-rich foods, weight management, and the fascinating link between flavor and nutrition.

American Dietetic Association is the world's largest and most distinguished group of food and nutrition professionals.

Roberta Larson Duyff, MS, RD, FADA, CFCS (St. Louis, MO) is a contributing editor at "Today's Health and Wellness" and the author of "365 Days of Healthy Eating from the American Dietetic Association" (0-471-44221-6).