PRESENT KNOWLEDGE IN NUTRITION

As editors, we feel privileged to have been asked to
edit the 11th edition of Present Knowledge in Nutrition. The
11th edition moves this major nutrition reference source
beyond its 65-year history and into an explosion of
exciting new methodologies and understandings of the
role of diet and nutrition in human health and wellbeing. In a global survey conducted in 2017, Present
Knowledge in Nutrition was identified as a key resource
for the latest information in the nutrition field for nutrition and dietetic professionals and clinicians. Specifically,
survey participants stated that Present Knowledge in
Nutrition was the source to which they turned when
seeking the latest information in an area of nutrition that
was outside their main expertise. Further, Present
Knowledge in Nutrition is valued as an academic text in
advanced nutrition courses. Recognizing the important
role of the periodic updates of Present Knowledge in
Nutrition among scientists and practitioners, as editors
we have sought to maintain the long-standing tradition
of identifying content-thought leaders to provide the
most comprehensive and latest information in their
fields in the chapters represented in this edition.