Includes appendix, bibliograpgic references and index.

Series foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- About the companion website -- Introduction to public health nutrition -- Concepts and definitions used in public health nutrition -- Assessment of dietary habits -- Assessment of nutritional status in public health nutrition settings -- Food Composition -- Dietary reference values -- Assessment of physical activity -- Poor dietary patterns -- Minerals and vitamins of current concern -- Nutrition pre-conception and during pregnancy -- Nutrition and infant'child development -- Nutrition and teenagers/young adults -- Nutrition in older adults -- Obesity : maternal -- Obesity : childhood -- Cardiovascular diseases : sodium and blood pressure -- Carbohydrates and metabolic health -- Cardiovascular disease : dietary fat quality -- Diet and cancer -- Bone health -- Dental health -- Mental health and cognitive function -- Obesogenic neighbourhood food environments -- Thewider environment and its effect on dietary behaviour -- Developing strategies in the community -- Dietary change and evidence on how to achieve this -- Evaluation on public health nutrition interventions and policies -- Considerations for evaluations of public health nutrition interventions in diverse communities.

This is one in a series of texts produced by the Nutrition Society. Public health nutrition has established itself as a major branch of nutrition, yet there is at present no recognised standard text in the field. This text aims to fill that gap.