This book developed from a series of conferences to facilitate the application of mathematical modeling to experimental nutrition. As nutrition science moves from prevention of gross deficiencies to identifying requirements for optimum long term health, more sophisticated methods of nutritional assessment will be needed. Collection and evaluation of kinetic data may be one such method.
This books opens with chapters giving specific examples of the application of modeling techniques to vitamin A, carotenoids, folate, vitamin b-6, glycogen phosphorylase, transthyretin, amino acids, and...

This introductory book offers a rich, stimulating, and authoritative account of key debates and issues in the discipline from a range of highly regarded experts in the field. Carefully structured and edited, it explores sociological understandings of a range of core topics and critically examines what key issues have emerged for debate from past and current research. As state-of-the-art guide to its subject, this volume offers a refreshing and stimulating path through contemporary debates within a familiar and accessible format.