本系列叢書特別全面地回顧了一些主題，這些主題被選為增進(jìn)對(duì)人類和動(dòng)物營(yíng)養(yǎng)的了解的基礎(chǔ)，有助于解決目前的爭(zhēng)議，或與社會(huì)和預(yù)防醫(yī)學(xué)問(wèn)題有關(guān)，這些問(wèn)題的解決取決于營(yíng)養(yǎng)方面的進(jìn)展。許多獨(dú)立的文章被認(rèn)為是對(duì)給定主題發(fā)表過(guò)的最全面的評(píng)論之一。自1959年第一卷出版以來(lái)，該叢書因其學(xué)術(shù)質(zhì)量和作者聲譽(yù)而屢獲好評(píng)。

Volumes in this series consist of exceptionally thorough reviews on topics selected as either fundamental to improved understanding of human and animal nutrition, useful in resolving present controversies, or relevant to problems of social and preventive medicine that depend for their solution on progress in nutrition. Many of the individual articles have been judged as among the most comprehensive reviews ever published on the given topic. Since the first volume appeared in 1959, the series has earned repeated praise for the quality of its scholarship and the reputation of its authors.