Nutrition in the 20th century / edited by Myron Winick.

New York : J. Wiley, [1984], ©1984.

viii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"A Wiley-Interscience publication"

The first fifty years / Elsie M. Widdowson -- Ascorbic acid as it relates to the metabolism of drugs and environmental agents / V.G. Zannoni, R.L. Susick, and R.C. Smart -- Trace metals in human nutrition / Harold H. Sandstead -- Nutrition during pregnancy / P. Rosso -- Nutrition and brain development / Myron Winick -- Thermogenesis in human obesity / F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer -- Effects of foods and nutrients on brain neurotransmitters / Richard J. Wurtman -- The assessment of the functional consequences of malnutrition / David McR. Russell and Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy -- Nutrition and aging / S. Jaime Rozovski -- Nutrition, diet, and cancer / Ernst L. Wynder.

Includes bibliographic references and index