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    Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application

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    Reviewed by Lisa Salinas, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on 11/29/21

    Comprehensiveness rating: 5

    This book is quite comprehensive in its coverage of basic nutrition topics. The table of contents is very user-friendly and appropriately detailed and there is an option to 'search in book,' if you are looking for a specific term.

    Content Accuracy rating: 5

    The content in this book appears to be accurate, error-free and unbiased.

    Relevance/Longevity rating: 5

    The content is very up-to-date. One of the first things I noticed was the section called 'Updates Made to OER,' which provides a table describing the important updates made 8 months ago due to the chance in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Additionally, there is a 'Note to Educators' in the Introduction that mentions that an instructor will be notified if there are any updates. The way the book is arranged, in small sections, makes me believe updates should be fairly easy to integrate.

    Clarity rating: 5

    This textbook was written very clearly for a college-aged audience with a basic science background. Keywords are provided in bold type and then defined either before or after.

    Consistency rating: 4

    The book was very consistent in terms of formatting. Each unit started with an introduction of that particular topic and then flowed through topics, typically from basic to more specific. I will say that I felt the chapters in the macronutrient units could have been arranged a bit more consistently between carbohydrates, lipids and protein.

    Modularity rating: 5

    There are 11 units, which easily could be arranged as 1 unit per week of class in a semester. Also - the text is easy on the eyes in that it is broken up nicely with headings, pictures and videos.

    Organization/Structure/Flow rating: 5

    The topics in this textbook are presented in a way that makes sense as you move through important basic topics of nutritional science.

    Interface rating: 5

    Navigation was seamless and smooth.

    Grammatical Errors rating: 5

    I did not come across any grammatical errors.

    Cultural Relevance rating: 5

    The text does not seem to have any culturally insensitive or offensive material. The pictures provided throughout the textbook represented many different races and ethnicities.

    Comments

    This was a very enjoyable textbook to navigate. The integration of videos truly plays to a new generation of tech-savvy students as well as to various learning styles. It would be nice if the authors could think about creating a follow-up textbook that covered nutritional science in various conditions and disease states.

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