Guides: Nursing & Health Sciences: Exercise and Nutrition

eBooks - Excercise and Nutrition

Clinical Nutrition for Dummies (2014) Written in the fun style, the book is perfect for students requiring an in-depth understanding of clinical nutrition. Exploration of the chemical and functional components of food, how to properly assess your nutritional intake, the changing face of nutrition throughout the human lifespan. Information on growing obesity and diabetes epidemics, a complete breakdown of the relationship between nutrition and chronic diseases, nutritional requirements from pediatric through geriatric and proper nutrition during pregnancy, modifying dietary intake and health behavior theory, and properly communicating health information
Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook (2019) Provides updated information about the health benefits of physical activity. It discusses the guidelines for physical activity in people of all ages and diverse fitness levels, including those with disabilities, chronic diseases, or other challenges.
The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets (2018) Covers topics such as dieting and popular diets, dietary concerns, nutritional basics, and the effects of a person's dietary choices on one's health. Topics are organized around the development and history of a diet, its basic principles, any key figures that influence the trend, and any public or regulatory concerns associated with the practice. Provides information across all age groups from infants to the elderly.
The Gale Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Food Labels (2017) This guide provides a unique source of information on food, nutrition, food labels, and associated legislation, organizations, and diseases and conditions. Coverage includes various topics related to nutrition and food labels.
Nutrition and Functional Foods for Healthy Aging (2017) This book provides the latest scientific reviews of topics relating to the health problems of the aged and how normal food, lifestyle, or nutritional and dietary supplements can help treat them. It describes how alcohol, drugs, and caffeine can impact deficiencies and also explores functional food and dietary supplements that can be used for prevention and treatment. It also reviews the macro- and micro-nutrient requirements of aging adults and their variables.
Physical Inactivity (2019) This book explains the risks and consequences of physical inactivity, and in turn promotes the benefits of being active.
Pilates Anatomy (2019) Choose from 46 exercises to target a particular body region and delve deeper to stretch, strengthen, and finely coordinate specific muscles. See which key muscles are activated, how variations and minor adjustments can influence effectiveness, and how breathing, alignment, and movement are all fundamentally linked as you work to tone the body, stabilize the core, improve balance, and increase flexibility.
Water Exercise (2015) Looking for exercises to improve your fitness, maximize your cross-training, or recover from an injury or condition--all with little or no impact? Water Exercise is your complete resource for fitness and rehabilitation exercises. Water workouts are a fabulous way to exercise, no matter your current fitness level. Water Exercise allows personalization of each workout plan: You can change the speed, intensity, or amount of rest based on your needs. Water Exercise is ideal for cross-training workouts and beginning to advanced fitness workouts. It will also help you recover from injury or manage a chronic condition

Books - Excercise and Nutrtion

Essentials of Human Nutrition (2017) The physiological and biochemical processes involved in nourishment are discussed first, before the text moves on to consider the different effects of diet and changing nutritional requirements at different life stages. The book concludes by illustrating how nutritional principles are applied indifferent practical contexts, from sports nutrition to food in hospitals.
Understanding Nutrition (2019) Comprehensive discussion of nutrition

Websites - Excercise and Nutriiton

Australian Dietary Guidelines (2013) The Australian dietary guidelines (the guidelines) provide up-to-date advice about the amount and kinds of foods that we need to eat for health and wellbeing. The recommendations are based on scientific evidence, developed after looking at good quality research. By following the dietary patterns recommended in the guidelines, we will get enough of the nutrients essential for good health and also help reduce our risk of chronic health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers and obesity.
Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute - Fact Sheets These materials have been developed by Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute experts for use by clients and health professionals for patient education. The Institute is committed to providing credible, evidence-based health information regarding optimum approaches to the prevention and management of disease.
Food Standards ANZ Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is a statutory authority in the Australian Government Health portfolio. FSANZ develops food standards for Australia and New Zealand.
Meal Management for Nurse Practice (NSW) (2014) The package has been designed to provide information on the Mealtime Management for Nurses that guides nurses when working with people with disability in order to promote consistent and efficient best practice. It outlines current principles around good practice in the Mealtime Management for Nurses
Nutrient Reference Values (2020) The NRVs (Nutrient Reference Values) are a set of recommendations for nutritional intake based on currently available scientific knowledge.
Nutrition Across the Life Stages (2018) The purpose of this report is to investigate the adequacy of the Australian diet across various life stages to help inform the evidence-base in relation to nutrition-related health determinants for chronic conditions.
Resistance Training - Better Health Channel Learn about the health benefits from resistance training.
Slowing Bone Loss with Weight Bearing Exercise - Harvard Health (2021) Read about how bone loss can be slowed down through weight bearing exercise.

Charts - Exercise and Nutrition

Understanding Nutrition This chart and more are availbale as a lecturer resource from Mt Lawley Library

Online Videos - Excercise and Nutrition

Ask the Doctor: Sugar (2018) The doctors expose the hidden sugar in everyday food and the shocking health problems it's causing. Shalin tries to cut sugar from his diet, Sandro targets popular drinks and investigates if a sugar tax is the answer.
The Digestive System (2012) Paul Andersen starts with a brief description of feeding methods. He then details all of the major parts within the human digestive system. This tour starts in the mouth, move down the esophagus, through the stomach, small investing, colon and rectum. He explains how all of the major macromolecules are digested and absorbed by the body.
Human Body 101 | National Geographic (2017) How does the human body work? What roles do the digestive, reproductive, and other systems play? Learn about human anatomy and the complex processes that help your body function.
The Nursing Assistant - Nutrition and Hydration (2021) A caregiver’s assistance and encouragement play an important role in helping residents receive adequate food and fluid intake.
Systems Working Together (2nd Ed., Rev.) (2011) Discover how the countless cells that make up the human body depend for their well-being on complex interactions among the body's systems. 16 minutes, color.
That Sugar Film (2014) This is one man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'.