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Book Reviews doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12497 with the macronutrients and progress to the micronutrients (just those relevant to Food & Nutrition successive chapters) and food sources? While advantage is taken of the availability of data Throughout Life from recent dietary surveys in Australia and Edited by S. Croxford, C. Itsiopoulos, New Zealand to present the proportion Adrienne Forsyth, R. Belski, A. Thodis, S. of nutrients from various food groupings, Shepherd and A. Tierney. Published by Allen these tables could have been placed in the & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2015. ISBN 978- appendix. To further improve readability, this chapter would benefit from some disciplined 1-743316-757; 392 pages; RRP $85. editing, both in terms of culling content Reviewed by Assoc. Prof. Jill Sherriff (certain micronutrients for example and School of Public Health, Curtin University, Glycaemic Index and sports performance, Western Australia p 46), and attention to detail (vitamin C is omitted and biotin is duplicated in Table 1.1a; After many years of just two nutrition only one of the biotin-dependent enzymes is textbooks written by Australian and New mitochondrial but wouldn’t indicating a role Zealand authors, a trend has emerged for for this co-enzyme in energy metabolism be university nutrition departments to publish more useful information?) Signs of choline their own, with some chapters contributed deficiency are stated to be rare (Table 1.1a) by experts from other universities. The latest but maybe because we are not looking for of these is edited by La Trobe academics, and them; it is a highly relevant nutrient during has the stages of life as its focus. The coverage pregnancy as indicated in Chapter 4. To is from preconception to over 85 years of age, reduce confusion, vitamin terminology needs and in this sense it is a more comprehensive to be correct and uniform throughout, for treatment of the life stages than provided by example on page 3, the term folic acid is used other texts. instead of folate, the alternate term for B12 One of the introductory chapters covers is given as cyanocobalamin (a supplemental cultures, beliefs and food habits and the form) rather than cobalamin, the preferred book finishes with chapters on regional generic term. It would be useful to identify perspectives (Aboriginal and Torres Strait the forms used in supplements/fortification. Islanders, NZ and Maori, and the Asia-Pacific In addition, the section on fat is confusing region) sports nutrition and areas where (page 21 “fats are a component of lipoprotein nutritional expertise is increasingly needed (in cholesterol)”), no mention is made of the or used (poverty, disadvantage and food forms in which we consume fatty acids, and insecurity, mental and migrant health). Thus four fatty acids are indicated as essential from a public health perspective this book is (page 21) which differs from later chapters. useful for engaging with these specific age Would I recommend this textbook? Yes, groups in the community, as well as providing general information about ethnic, cultural for those with an introductory nutrition unit behind them and now needing a and socioeconomic issues prevalent in Australia and New Zealand. comprehensive guide to food and nutrition through different stages of life, as well as an A textbook with multiple authors is akin to introduction to underlying ethical, cultural a document written by a committee and it and socioeconomic issues in Australia and takes skilled editors to ensure consistency of New Zealand. Students of public health specialist language and style. By and large nutrition would also need a resource on this has been achieved and each chapter Australian and New Zealand food and covers the relevant issues in a very readable nutrition policy to complement this book. style with cases studies and comprehensive reference lists. However, if read from cover to cover there is repetition, for example, a description of functions and current fortification practices for folate is covered in several chapters, and nutrient reference values (NRVs) are often repeated. Perhaps this is a strategy to allow the reader to dip into a relevant chapter in isolation. Chapter 1 seeks to provide food and nutrition basics. This is not an easy task, given the complexity of the discipline. The organisation of this chapter is puzzling. Why not start 2016 vol . 40 no . 3 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 295 © 2016 Public Health Association of Australia
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health – Wiley
Published: Jun 1, 2016
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