# Project Summary: The Science of Human Nutrition **URL:** \ **Category:** The Science of Human Nutrition\ **Created:** [December 13, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447 "2016-12-13T20:50:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wmeinke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/wmeinke/32/14_2.png) [@wmeinke](https://forum.rebus.community/u/wmeinke)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/1 "2016-12-13T20:50:24Z")
**BASIC PROJECT INFORMATION** **Title:** The Science of Human Nutrition (working title) **Project manager:** Billy Meinke (University of Hawaii) / @wmeinke **Authors:** Alan Titchenall (University of Hawaii), Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla (University of Hawaii), Cheryl Gibby (University of Hawaii) **Target Audience:** 100-level/undergraduate **Subject:** Human Nutrition **License:** [CC-BY](https://about.rebus.community/licensing/) **Target Release Date:** Fall 2017 **BOOK DESCRIPTION** This is a textbook for high-enrolment undergraduate (100 level) course in the FSHN (Food Science and Human Nutrition) department at UH Manoa. It will cover elementary aspects of several biological sciences, including information on what nutrients are and what nutrients and foods do for humans; how healthy people can best get the amounts of nutrients and foods they need throughout their lifetime; how people and the environment change foods and their nutrient content; and nutrition issues of current interest. **HELP NEEDED** We are currently looking for help with: - [Reviewing](https://forum.rebus.community/topic/153/reviewer-information-discussion) - Copy editing - Formatting **Get involved by joining the discussion below!** This textbook is scheduled for completion for the Fall 2017 semester. In the upcoming months, we will need your help marketing the book for course adoptions. **HOW TO PARTICIPATE** If you’re excited by this project, but still not sure where you’d like to get involved, just sign up to the forum, and post below for project updates. Give us an idea of your background, particular area of expertise, and interests. We’ll follow up and make sure we find ways to have you participate! **RECOGNITION FOR CONTRIBUTORS** This project couldn’t happen without your participation. All contributing authors will be credited prominently in their chapter, the book, the metadata and promotional materials. All editors, reviewers and other contributors will also be credited. **OUTLINE** The Table of Contents is as follows: 1. Basic Concepts in Nutrition: What and why do we eat? 2. The Human Body: What happens to the food we eat? 3. Energy: Food is fuel 4. Basic Nutrition Assessments: How do we evaluate nutritional status? 5. Water and Electrolytes 6. Carbohydrates 7. Lipids 8. Protein 9. Alcohol 10. Vitamins 11. Minerals 12. Nutritional Recommendations: How much of what foods should we eat? 13. Lifespan Nutrition: Food for life 14. Performance Nutrition 15. Food Safety: Keeping food from biting back 16. Nutritional Issues: Global problems **RELEVANT RESOURCES** - [List of Related OER](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1frjtl1HIQnyt7U3w3M9nze2JYkOVCSJNfub5iUF-x60/edit?usp=sharing) in Nutrition. - [Copyediting and review guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LQlCrzEebPhHQ3wkF2WBjZ_QyXA1br-4jwZRJg-EZeM/edit). **Tweet this project!** (140 chars, copy-paste into Twitter) > Want to help make an Open Textbook? “The Science of Human Nutrition” is looking for reviewers! Find out how to join: [http://bit.ly/nutriOT](http://bit.ly/nutriOT) **Current project team:** @wmeinke (project manager), @hugh, @zoe, @megdcu, @paulapreads, @cfarnum, @kmwoodward, @sara-ducey, @normant, @changqi-liu … and you? ---
**Author:** ![megdcu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@megdcu](https://forum.rebus.community/u/megdcu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/2 "2016-12-20T22:17:34Z")
Hi there! I’m an undergraduate copy editor at University of Victoria. I recently finished working on the upcoming issue of [Victorian Review](http://victorianreview.org/) and would be really interested in helping out with this initiative. (My program: linguistics and professional communications.) Even if another more experienced copy editor offers to participate, if they would like an assistant I’d be very happy to help! ---
**Author:** ![wmeinke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/wmeinke/32/14_2.png) [@wmeinke](https://forum.rebus.community/u/wmeinke)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/3 "2016-12-21T00:08:01Z")
@megdcu Thanks for chiming in! Would be great to have help with copyediting the Nutrition textbook once we get to the first stages of it. Be in touch, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![wmeinke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/wmeinke/32/14_2.png) [@wmeinke](https://forum.rebus.community/u/wmeinke)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/4 "2017-01-10T21:16:54Z")
I’ve created an OER resource sheet for the text, as we prepare to begin authoring. > **[Pressbooks Dev Roadmap](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LXvzI6G3Sao0kv2Xzkb9deyFgXu1VsauBd41ZpHgiv4/edit#)** > > Pressbooks Development Roadmap Hugh McGuire, Founder, Pressbooks Date: April 28, 2016 Abstract Pressbooks is an open source web-based content management system and export platform, built specifically for books. This document outlines a development... If you have any resources to add that might be relevant or useful for our development, please leave a comment on the gDoc or reply to this thread. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![paulapreads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@paulapreads](https://forum.rebus.community/u/paulapreads)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/5 "2017-01-15T03:26:58Z")
@wmeinke Hi! I am a reading tutor and copy editor living on Oahu, and I have also done some proofreading for SUNY. I am happy to offer my assistance with this project. -Paula ---
**Author:** ![wmeinke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/wmeinke/32/14_2.png) [@wmeinke](https://forum.rebus.community/u/wmeinke)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/6 "2017-01-17T23:19:16Z")
@paulapreads Thanks for chiming in regarding our upcoming book! It’d be great to involve you once we have drafts available. I’ll ping back in a few weeks once we have made progress on the early chapters 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cfarnum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@cfarnum](https://forum.rebus.community/u/cfarnum)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/7 "2017-02-13T19:17:30Z")
@wmeinke Hello, I’m a librarian at the Ryerson University Library & Archives. One of the faculty areas I support is the School of Nutrition here at Ryerson University. I would be interested in helping out through acting as a reviewer or editor. I’ve worked as a reviewer/editor for several library publications over my career. ---
**Author:** ![wmeinke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/wmeinke/32/14_2.png) [@wmeinke](https://forum.rebus.community/u/wmeinke)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/8 "2017-02-13T20:19:20Z")
@cfarnum Fantastic! We are a couple weeks away from having the first several chapters complete, and I’ll ping you once we do. Appreciate having this much help offered 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kmwoodward](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/kmwoodward/32/1326_2.png) [@kmwoodward](https://forum.rebus.community/u/kmwoodward)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/9 "2017-02-24T15:51:13Z")
@wmeinke Looking forward to the first few chapters. ---
**Author:** ![wmeinke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/wmeinke/32/14_2.png) [@wmeinke](https://forum.rebus.community/u/wmeinke)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/10 "2017-03-28T21:16:43Z")
Aloha @paulapreads @cfarnum @kmwoodward! We’re ready to do reviews and edits on the first six chapters of the text. Can you each shoot me an email to oer@hawaii.edu if you’re willing to lend a hand? Will then share links and docs w/you. Thanks! Billy ---
**Author:** ![zoe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/zoe/32/7_2.png) [@zoe](https://forum.rebus.community/u/zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/11 "2017-04-04T20:59:55Z")
Hi everyone! Billy and I are pleased to have the first set of chapters ready for review, and there’s a bit of a preview in the [call for reviewers](https://about.rebus.community/2017/04/call-for-reviewers-the-science-of-human-nutrition/) on our blog if you’d like to take a look. I’ll echo him in checking in with @paulapreads @cfarnum @kmwoodward - are you still available to take on a chapter or two, or know someone who might? Will be great to get things moving on this project – please share the word if you can! ---
**Author:** ![cfarnum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@cfarnum](https://forum.rebus.community/u/cfarnum)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/12 "2017-04-06T14:16:50Z")
I am available to take a look at a chapter, feel free to send something my way. Cheers, C. ---
**Author:** ![zoe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/zoe/32/7_2.png) [@zoe](https://forum.rebus.community/u/zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/13 "2017-04-06T20:52:55Z")
Awesome, @cfarnum, thanks so much. If you email @billy-meinke at oer@hawaii.edu he’ll make sure you have everything you need. ---
**Author:** ![sara.ducey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@sara.ducey](https://forum.rebus.community/u/sara.ducey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/14 "2017-04-10T18:30:12Z")
I would like to help with this book. I can review the chapter on lipids and one on water. Sara Bachman Ducey, Certified Nutrition Specialist, MS Human Nutrition, MPH, Environmental Health Science. I teach at Montgomery College in Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![wmeinke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/wmeinke/32/14_2.png) [@wmeinke](https://forum.rebus.community/u/wmeinke)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/15 "2017-04-10T20:02:16Z")
@sara.ducey Aloha Sara! Please send an email to oer@hawaii.edu and I’ll share the docs with you. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![normant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5e925/32.png) [@normant](https://forum.rebus.community/u/normant)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/16 "2017-04-28T22:36:44Z")
I published the following OER textbook a year ago. It’s going to be used around Africa **Community Nutrition for Developing Countries** Edited by Norman J. Temple and Nelia Steyn The book has been published. It has been co-published by Athabasca University Press (AU Press) in Edmonton, Canada, and by UNISA, in South Africa. The book is available via the internet to everyone at no charge. Simply go to the following link: [http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120255](http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120255) ---
**Author:** ![wmeinke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/wmeinke/32/14_2.png) [@wmeinke](https://forum.rebus.community/u/wmeinke)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/17 "2017-04-29T00:34:44Z")
@cfarnum Hi! Thanks for getting in touch. We now have the majority of the content taken care of, are now looking for reviewers. Is the book you’ve linked to here under an open license? All content we are using is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![cfarnum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@cfarnum](https://forum.rebus.community/u/cfarnum)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/18 "2017-05-01T15:13:11Z")
@wmeinke i think you confused my post with another post…I haven’t linked to any OA textbooks in my communications… ---
**Author:** ![sara.ducey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@sara.ducey](https://forum.rebus.community/u/sara.ducey)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/19 "2017-05-01T17:13:47Z")
@wmeinke just sent my request for chapters. Ready to review. Cheers, Sara ---
**Author:** ![zoe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.rebus.community/zoe/32/7_2.png) [@zoe](https://forum.rebus.community/u/zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447/20 "2017-05-01T22:33:40Z")
@sara.ducey Awesome, thanks Sara! [Next page](https://forum.rebus.community/t/project-summary-the-science-of-human-nutrition/447.md?page=2)