This open resource textbook has been adapted from:

OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology // CC BY

Flat World Knowledge An Introduction to Human Nutrition // CC BY

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

Chapters and sections were borrowed and adapted from the above existing OER textbooks on human nutrition. Without these foundational texts, a lot more work would have been required to complete this project. Mahalo (thank you) to those who shared before us, and are now sharing our own work.

Content that is not taken from the above three OERs should include the following attribution statement:

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Human Nutrition by Marie K. Fialkowski Revilla, Alan Titchenal, Allison Calabrese, Cheryl Gibby, Billy Meinke. Download this book for free at:  http://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/vitalsign/

Edited and Reviewed by

Cecille Farnum — Ryerson University, Copyeditor

Changqi Leu — San Diego State University, Chapter reviewer

Billy Meinke — University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Project manager

Paula Parslow — Private, Copyeditor

Trina Robertson — Saddleback College, Chapter reviewer

Allison Tepper — American University, Chapter reviewer

Special Thanks to

Bill Chismar – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Dean of Outreach College

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.