<P>Following the tradition of its predecessor, the fifth edition of <I>Nutrition: Maintaining and Improving Health </I>continues to offer a wide-ranging coverage of all aspects of nutrition while providing new information to this edition including:</P><UL><P><LI>Increased coverage of experimental and observational methods used in nutrition </LI><P></P><P><LI>In-depth focus on the nutritional implications of the increased adoption of vegetarian and vegan lifestyles</LI><P></P><P><LI>Streamlined referencing - a short selected list of key references at the end of each chapter with URL links to free additional resources where possible</LI><P></P><P><LI>Discussion of nutrition debates</LI><P></P><P><LI>Critical coverage of "medicinal uses of food" including superfoods, functional foods and dietary supplements</LI><P></P><P><LI>Updated bullet point summaries of key points after each major topic within each chapter</LI><P></P></UL><P>The author provides an evidence-based evaluation of many ke