University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program and Human Nutrition Program
This Open Educational Resource textbook has been adapted from:
OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology // CC BY 4.0
- Chapter 2 The Human Body
An Introduction to Human Nutrition // CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
- Chapter 1 Basic Concepts in Nutrition
- Chapter 3 Water and Electrolytes
- Chapter 4 Carbohydrates
- Chapter 5 Lipids
- Chapter 6 Protein
- Chapter 8 Energy
- Chapter 12 Nutrition Applications
- Chapter 13 Lifespan Nutrition From Pregnancy to the Toddler Years
- Chapter 14 Lifespan Nutrition During Childhood and Adolescence
- Chapter 15 Lifespan Nutrition in Adulthood
- Chapter 17 Food Safety
- Chapter 18 Nutritional Issues
Chapters and sections were borrowed and adapted from the above existing OER textbooks on human nutrition. Without these foundational texts, a lot more work would have been required to complete this project. Mahalo (thank you) to those who shared before us.
All other content should include the following attribution statement:
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Human Nutrition by the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program. Download this book for free at: http://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/humannutrition/
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This Open Educational Resource textbook was also inspired by:
Kansas State University Human Nutrition | goo.gl/vOAnR // CC BY 3.0
Edited and Reviewed by
Carolyn Donohoe-Mather – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Chapter reviewer
Cecille Farnum — Ryerson University, Copyeditor
Changqi Leu — San Diego State University, Chapter reviewer
Billy Meinke — University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Project manager
Paula Parslow — Private, Copyeditor
Trina Robertson — Saddleback College, Chapter reviewer
Allison Tepper — American University, Chapter reviewer
Front Cover Photo
Noa Kekuewa Lincoln / CC BY 4.0
Special Thanks to
Bill Chismar – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Dean of Outreach College
The Children’s Healthy Living Summer Institute – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Open Educational Resources
This text is provided to you as an Open Educational Resource (OER) which you access online. It is designed to give you a comprehensive introduction to human nutrition at no or very nominal cost. It contains both written and graphic text material, intra-text links to other internal material which may aid in understanding topics and concepts, intra-text links to the appendices and glossary for tables and definitions of words, and extra-text links to videos and web material that clarifies and augments topics and concepts.