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Textbook of Nutrition in Health and Disease

  • Provides up-to-date coverage of malnutrition and the applied aspects of human nutrition

  • Discusses nutritional therapies for various diseases, including lifestyle-related diseases, addiction-related health problems, mental illness, and food-borne and water-borne diseases

  • Explores the role of gut microbiota on human health, nutraceuticals as therapeutic agents, ketogenic diets and the role of adipose tissue as an active endocrine organ

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvi
  2. An Integrated View of Human Nutrition and Health

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 1-20
  3. Macronutrients

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 21-63
  4. Enzymes

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 65-74
  5. Micronutrients

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 75-122
  6. Dietary Fibers

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 123-130
  7. Food Hypersensitivity

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 131-139
  8. Food Groups, Balanced Diet, and Food Composition

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 141-150
  9. Nutritional Deficiencies and Disorders

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 151-170
  10. Eating Disorders

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 171-178
  11. Nutritional Therapies, Exercise, and Diet for Mental Disorders

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 179-191
  12. Lifestyle-Related Diseases and Disorders

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 193-215
  13. Addiction-Related Health Problems

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 217-228
  14. Nutritional Management of Diseases

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 229-244
  15. Miscellaneous Health Problems

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 245-254
  16. Poor Maintenance of Food Hygiene and Food Safety

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 265-286
  17. Potable Water

    • Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty
    Pages 287-289
  18. Back Matter

    Pages 291-319

About this book

This textbook offers a concise, yet comprehensive account of human nutrition, food and nutrition-related health problems, based on the curricula of top universities around the globe. Nutrition is a multidisciplinary science, and as such, the book discusses various aspects of physiology, biochemistry, pathology, immunology, medicine, food science, and other fields related to nutrition, it focuses on the role of nutrition in the maintenance of health. The various chapters explore highly relevant issues, such as, addiction-related health problems, lifestyle-related disorders, social health problems and poor-maintenance of food hygiene and food safety. It also addresses the role of nutritional therapies for mental disorders, and includes an integrated perspective on cognition, oxidative stress and nutritional interventions in aging. 

Other topics include, the role of gut microbiota on human health, nutraceuticals as therapeutic agents and ketogenic diets. It also highlights malnutrition (protein energy malnutrition, starvation, malabsorption syndrome, eating disorders and overnutrition/obesity) and adipose tissue as an active endocrine organ. Moreover, it examines key concepts concerning the role of vitamins in the citric acid cycle (gluconeogenesis, ketogenesis, oxidative deamination and transamination) and precursors of coenzymes, as well as calorigenic hormones, appetite-stimulating/appetite-inhibiting hormones, anabolic and catabolic hormones affecting protein metabolism, and lipogenetic/lipolytic hormones.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Zoology, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

    Kaveri Chakrabarty

  • Department of Physiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, Department of Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate, Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India, Department of Physiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India

    A. S. Chakrabarty

About the authors

Dr Kaveri Chakrabarty was awarded a PhD (Physiology) from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Zoology, Hansraj College, University of Delhi. She is a member of the American Physiological Society (APS) and life member of the Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India. She co-authored the book entitled Fundamentals of Respiratory Physiology, and the book chapter “Gender and Human Nutritional Safety in Gender and Space: Multidisciplinary Insights. She has published her work in journals like the Journal of Applied Physiology and Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology. She was former Research Associate at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was invited as a guest speaker for the Women in Science Program, Inspiring Women in STEM Speaker Series at the Department of Biological Sciences, Winston Salem State University, North Carolina, USA in 2017. She has presented papers in various international and national conferences, and has recently presented a paper at the international conference Experimental Biology, in Chicago, USA. She was awarded a national scholarship under the CAS scheme during her MSc (University of Delhi).


Prof A.S. Chakrabarty is the former Director Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, and former Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry. He was also a Professor at the Department of Physiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC) and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. He has been awarded innumerable honors during his long career, prominent being the Hari Om Alembic Research Award from the Medical Council of India and the Medical Education Prize from the Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India. He has published numerous papers in publications in various international and national journals. He has co-authored a book entitled Fundamentals of Respiratory Physiology. He was felicitated by Maulana Azad Medical College Old Students Association (MAMCOS) in MIDCON-2010. Recently he was felicitated by Maulana Azad Medical College, and VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital. He has been invited to deliver lectures and Orations for Indian Science Congress and many other scientific organizations. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Textbook of Nutrition in Health and Disease

  • Authors: Kaveri Chakrabarty, A. S. Chakrabarty

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0962-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0961-2Published: 28 February 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0964-3Published: 28 February 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0962-9Published: 27 February 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVI, 319

  • Number of Illustrations: 119 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Physiology, Nutrition, Biochemistry, general, Clinical Nutrition, Metabolic Diseases

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