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The text is divided into three sections. "Vitamins and Minerals" describes the individual nutrients and provides a list of leading sources of each. "Foods, General" supplies the nutritional values of whole fresh and nonbranded foods based on the USDA Handbook 8 used by nutrition professionals. "Foods, Brand Name" includes nutritional data that come from the manufacturers on a variety of brand-name products, including the offering of fast food restaurants such as Burger King and Domino's Pizza. The weakest section is the index, which seems to be missing subjects contained in the book, such as Wendy's. And readers may be confused by the fact that mineral and vitamin contents of foods in the brand-name section are given as percentages of the RDI (Reference Daily Intake, the information that appears on manufacturers' food labels), while in the other sections they are expressed in terms of an average serving.
This volume is the only good alternative to the nutrition standard Bowes and Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used (17th ed., Lippincott, 1998). Although similar in cost to Bowes and Church's, this new resource seems to be more consumer-friendly. Neither volume does a very complete job of giving nutritional data for restaurants, but this information can be found for 37 national chain restaurants in Fast Food Facts (5th ed., IDC Pub., 1998).
Overall, The Wellness Nutrition Counter is recommended for most libraries. As consumers become more health conscious, books of this type will become even more popular. The price is right for all libraries. A good popular selection.
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