This Open Educational Resource textbook has been borrowed and adapted from:

Human Nutrition // CC BY 4.0

• Chapter 1 Basic Concepts in Nutrition
• Chapter 2 The Human Body
• Chapter 3 Water and Electrolytes
• Chapter 4 Carbohydrates
• Chapter 5 Lipids
• Chapter 6 Protein
• Chapter 8 Energy
• Chapter 9 Vitamins
• Chapter 10 Major Minerals
• Chapter 11 Trace Minerals
• Chapter 12 Nutrition Applications
• Chapter 13 Lifespan Nutrition From Pregnancy to the Toddler Years
• Chapter 15 Lifespan Nutrition in Adulthood
• Chapter 16 Performance Nutrition
• Chapter 17 Food Safety
• Chapter 18 Nutritional Issues

This Human Nutrition textbook by the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program was 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

Additionally, the Human Nutrition textbook by the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program was inspired by:

Kansas State University Human Nutrition | goo.gl/vOAnR // CC BY 3.0

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 Langara College, Nutrition and Food Service Management Program. Download this book for free at: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/nutr1100/

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Edited and Reviewed by

Janice Sorensen — Langara College, Project manager

Front Cover Photo

Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuges | Alaska wild berries / CC BY 1.0

Special Thanks to

Authors and collaborators of the above existing OER textbooks. Creation of this textbook would not have been possible without the tremendous work that has been invested into creating these freely available resources.

Julian Prior – Educational Technology Advisor, Langara College

Lindsay Tripp – Copyright Librarian, Langara College Library

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.