Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in food and nutrition /
[This text] is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in nutrition and health. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading nutritionists and health experts, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because...
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Guilford, Conn. :
McGraw-Hill/Dushkin,
[2004]
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| Series: | Taking sides.
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Table of Contents:
- Dietary patterns and guidelines: Does the USDA pyramid describe an optimal dietary pattern?
- Can all foods fit into a healthful diet?
- Are the new dietary reference intakes for calcium appropriate?
- Nutrition and health: Are added sugars harmful to health?
- Do foods with a high glycemic index increase disease risk?
- Diet, physical activity, and health: Is body weight a reliable measurement of overall health?
- Can low-carbohydrate, higher-fat diets promote health and weight loss?
- Must exercise be daily and intense to prevent chronic disease?
- Do education campaigns induce communities to change their diets and improve health?
- Supplements and functional foods: Can vitamin and mineral supplements help prevent chronic disease?
- Will taking herbal supplements enhance mental ability?
- Can functional foods and nutraceuticals benefit health?
- Nutrition and food policy: Does widespread hunger exist in America?
- Should mothers infected with the AIDS virus breastfeed their infants?
- Is organically grown food better than conventionally grown food?
- Will irradiation improve the safety of the food supply?
- Does the world need genetically modified foods?