Am J Clin Nutr 2003;78:499–500. Printed in USA. © 2003 American Society for Clinical Nutrition 499 Book Reviews Essentials of Human Nutrition, 2nd ed, edited by Jim Mann and

Mann and Truswell have edited an internationally authored nutrition text designed as a student’s introduction to nutrition and as a reference on basic nutrition and nutrition principles for physicians and other health professionals. Although the book con-tains many references to 2001 publications, some sections are noticeably outdated because of more recently published infor-mation. Specifically, the most recently updated information on growth rates and on height and body weight from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not included in this book. The book is divided into 8 parts. Part 1 contains basic informa-tion on macronutrients, including a chapter on alcohol. Part 2 cov-ers organic and inorganic essential nutrients and finishes with a well-developed chapter on other biologically active substances in plant foods. Part 3 discusses nutrition-related disorders in its 100 pages, and it provides a brief introduction to obesity, protein-energ