Nutrition: Science and Applications (2nd Canadian Edition) – PDF

About The Author

Debbie Gurfinkel

Dr. Debbie Gurfinkel has been teaching undergraduate students in the Department of Nutritional Sciences since 2004 on various nutrition-related subjects. She has long been interested in encouraging active learning in the classroom. She has gradually moved away from traditional lectures to teach courses incorporating active learning activities, group projects, student presentations, and educational technologies inside and outside the classroom.

Because of the significance of nutrition to human health as well as the prevalence of inaccurate information on the topic in the popular media, the study of nutrition lends itself to the instruction of critical thinking skills.

Lori A. Smolin

Dr. Lori A. Smolin, got her B.S. degree from Cornell University, where she studied human nutrition and food science. Her doctorate was awarded by the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Her doctoral work concentrated on genetic homocysteine metabolism defects, B vitamins, and homocysteine accumulation.

She finished her postdoctoral training at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she researched human obesity, and the University of California, San Diego, where she researched genetic disorders in amino acid metabolism.

Currently, Dr. Smolin works as an instructor at the University of Connecticut, where she teaches in the Molecular and Cell Biology Department as well as the Department of Nutritional Sciences. She has instructed classes in basic nutrition, nutrition throughout the life cycle, food preparation, nutritional biochemistry, general biochemistry, and biology.

Mary B. Grosvenor

Professor Mary B. Grosvenor has the ideal education for writing about nutrition. She is a registered dietitian with experience working in western US hospitals, small towns, and communities, conducting clinical and research nutrition.

She has a long history of teaching at community colleges and has written research papers on cancer prevention and nutritional assessment. Her education and experience give her practical knowledge of how to apply and present scientific information in Visualizing Nutrition.