Table of Contents
Cover Page
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Third Edition
HUMAN NUTRITION
Science For Healthy Living
Tammy J. Stephenson, PhD, FAND University of Kentucky
Megan R. Sanctuary, MS, PhD Northern Kentucky University
Caroline W. Passerrello, MS, RDN, LDN University of Pittsburgh
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HUMAN NUTRITION
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Brief Contents
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About the Authors
Tammy Stephenson
Tammy J. Stephenson, PhD, FAND received her BS in food science and human nutrition and PhD in nutritional sciences from the University of Kentucky. She has taught a wide variety of food, nutrition, and wellness courses, including introductory nutrition, to majors and nonmajors in the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at the University of Kentucky for the past 20 years. Dr. Stephenson currently serves as Chair of the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition. She is also an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, having served as chair of the Nutrition Educators of Health Professionals practice group and being recognized as a Fellow of the Academy (FAND). She has published and presented on service learning, technology in teaching, student-centered learning, and other related topics. Dr. Stephenson has a passion for teaching engaging, interesting, and relevant nutrition courses and has been recognized through multiple teaching and mentoring awards at the university, state, and national levels. At the University of Kentucky, she has been recognized with both the Alumni Associations Great Teacher Award (2016) and the Provost Offices Outstanding Teacher Award (2015). Outside of the classroom, she enjoys running, doing yoga, gardening, cooking, watching her daughters play sports, and spending time with her family.
To Brian, Bailey, Kylie Mae, and Ansley
Tammy Stephenson
Michael Ensminger
Megan R. Sanctuary, MS, PhD, received her MS in molecular and integrative physiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her PhD in nutritional biology from the University of California at Davis. She has taught a wide variety of courses, including introductory nutrition, anatomy and physiology, and general biology. Dr. Sanctuary has published and presented in many areas of research, including the interactions among diet, the immune system, and the microbiota. She has a special interest in food as medicine, precision nutrition, and the effects of early nutrition on health and disease later in life. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and doing yoga.
To Maia, Maddox, and Eric
Megan Sanctuary
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Alan Klehr
Caroline Passerrello, MS, RDN, LDN, earned BS degrees in psychology and clinical dietetics and her MS from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Caroline has experience running a nutrition consulting company and spent 8 years working in industry, leading a retail dietitian program.
Caroline is a registered dietitian nutritionist and a full-time faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition. She teaches in the accelerated graduate-level Future Education Model; courses include Experiential Practice in the Community, Entrepreneurial Skills for Nutrition Professionals, Professional Development, Principles of Nutrition Education, and Introduction to Human Nutrition.
Caroline is active in her professional organization as a national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She has a specialty certificate in adult weight management and focuses her media interviews on nutrition education for consumers, healthful shopping, and childrens nutrition. She is pursuing her doctor of education in health and physical activity in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh.
In her free time, Caroline enjoys being physically active with her family and bringing stress relief to others with her therapy pet, C.C.
To Henry, Luciana, MiMi, and Pop
Caroline Passerrello
For the third edition of Human Nutrition: Science for Healthy Living, we welcome Megan Sanctuary and Caroline Passerrello to the authoring team! Both professors bring their areas of research expertise and professional practice to the content covered in the textbook. As well, both Dr. Sanctuary and Professor Passerrello are experienced educators who teach introductory nutrition and provide valuable insight from their own teaching with the development of the third edition of the textbook.
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