Comprehensive textbook featuring distinct units on pregnancy, infancy, childhood, and adolescence.Notes/Gaps: This is a general book; instructors should clearly direct students to the Lifecycle units to avoid confusion with introductory material.
Category: NUTR 110
Provides a science based foundation in human nutrition, covering nutrient biochemistry, metabolism, and evidence-based health promotion across the lifespanPro: Current (updated 2026) with a focus on information literacy and weight-neutral health approaches
This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and is the OER textbook for the FSHN 185 The Science of Human Nutrition course at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.