Nutrition - The Chemistry Of Life

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Motion Pictures Serv Room 1850 South Bldg

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Features Dr Jean Mayer of Harvard University's School of Public Health, traces the evolution of and presents current and future trends in, the field of nutritional research. Stresses the need for investigating the relationship between the total amount of food consumed and the frequency of heart disease. Discusses the problem of obesity and its relation to disease and points to the need for study of deficiency diseases, Mechanisms regulating food intake and metabolic factors in the process of aging.


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