Library Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Food Science, Nutrition, & Kinesiology

Human Sciences: Food Science, Nutrition, and Kinesiology

Food Science & Food Service

Basic Scientific Food Preparation Lab Manual
This lab book is intended for use in both the lab and kitchen. Each section of the book contains learning objectives, lab problems to be solved, recipes, questions, and observation charts for the input of data.
Basic Kitchen and Food Service Management
Basic Kitchen and Food Service Management is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry.
Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene
Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry.
Human Resources in the Food Service and Hospitality Industry
Human Resources in the Food Services and Hospitality Industry is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry.
Meat Cutting and Processing for Food Service
This book is intended to give students a basic understanding of the various types of meat and poultry used in the food service industry, and how the terminology used by retail, wholesale, and food service customers varies.
Chemistry of Cooking
This book is intended to give students a basic understanding of the chemistry involved in cooking such as caramelization, Maillard reaction, acid-base reactions, catalysis, and fermentation. Students will be able to use chemistry language to describe the process of cooking, apply chemistry knowledge to solve questions related to food, and ultimately create their own recipes.

Kinesiology & Nutrition

Kinesiology

Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology: An Open Access Textbook
This text represents the collaboration of more than 70 authors from multiple countries. Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology: An Open Access Textbook brings this diverse set of experts together to provide a free, open, accessible textbook for students studying exercise and sport psychology.
Anatomy & Physiology (Pressbooks edition)
An adapted version of the OpenStax Anatomy & Physiology with revised content and artwork, funded by Open Oregon State.
Human Anatomy Lab Manual
This is a lab manual for a college-level human anatomy course. Most of the activities in this manual utilize anatomical models, and several dissections of animal tissues and histological examinations are also included.
KIN 4370: Exercise Testing and Prescription Lab Manual
This book is a lab manual to accompany the KIN 4370 course: Exercise Testing and Prescription at the University of Houston. The chapter for each lab activity includes background information, protocol description, comprehension questions, and tables to help with test interpretation (as required).
Basic Foundation of Nutrition for Sports Performance (Libretexts)
This text covers digestion and absorption, metabolism and energy, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals, hydration and more.

Nutrition

Human Nutrition, 2nd edition (2020)
This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and is the OER textbook for the FSHN 185 The Science of Human Nutrition course at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.
Human Nutrition, 1st edition
This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.
Nutrition: Science and Everyday Application, 2nd Edition
This book is currently in development and should be considered a beta version, slated for completion in 2021. The book covers basic nutrition and metabolism, information literacy, energy balance, nutrition across life stages, dietary supplements, an in-depth look at each of the macronutrients, and major functions of vitamins and minerals.

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