Primary and secondary preventive nutrition /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press,
[2001]
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| Series: | Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Introduction
- Preventive nutrition: a historic perspective and future economic outlook / J. Michael McGinnis, Nancy D. Ernst
- Pt. 2. Cancer
- Vitamin supplements and cancer risk: epidemiologic research and recommendations / Ruth E. Patterson, Alan R. Kristal, Marian L. Neuhouser
- Soy and cancer prevention / David B. Fournier, John W. Erdman, Jr., Gary B. Gordon
- Micronutrients as intermediate biomarkers in chemotherapy and enhancement for cancer treatments / Wolfgang J. Issing
- Pt. 3. Cardiovascular/renal disease, diabetes, and obesity
- Health effects of trans fatty acids / Susanne H.F. Vermunt, Ronald P. Mensink
- Antioxidant vitamins and atherosclerosis / Howard N. Hodis, Wendy J. Mack, Alex Sevanian
- Oxidative stress and antioxidants in type 2 diabetes / Sridevi Devaraj, Ishwarlal Jialal
- Hyperhomocysteinemia, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease / Ellen K. Hoogeveen, Kenneth J. Rothman
- Genetic and environmental influences on obesity / David B. Allison ... [et al.]
- Obesity and insulin resistance in childhood and adolescence / Erik Bergström, Olle Hernell
- Can childhood obesity be prevented? / Christine L. Williams
- Obesity and chronic disease: impact of weight reduction / Henry I. Frier, Harry L. Greene
- Meal replacement products and fat substitutes in weight control and maintenance / Allan Geliebter, Amy Funkhouser, Steven B. Heymsfield
- Pt. 4. Growth, immunity, and infection
- Role of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in infant growth and development / Berthold Koletzko, Tamás Decsi
- Vitamin A-related childhood blindness, mortality, and morbidity: interventions for prevention / Barbara A. Underwood
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids and autoimmune diseases / Andrea Belluzzi
- Pt. 5. Bone diseases
- Osteoarthritis: role of nutrition and dietary supplement interventions / Timothy E. McAlindon
- Calcium requirements during treatment of osteoporosis in women: calcium supplements alone and in association with antiresorptive drugs in osteoporosis / Claudia A. Pereda, Richard Eastell
- Pt. 6. Critical issues for the 21st century
- Preventive nutrition issues in ethnic and socioeconomic groups in the United States / Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Susan M. Krebs-Smith
- Micronutrient deficiencies: first link in a chain of nutritional and health events in economic crises / Martin W. Bloem, Ian Darnton-Hill
- Alcohol: the balancing act / William E.M. Lands
- Health claims for foods and dietary supplements in the United States and Japan / Annette Dickinson
- Incorporating preventive nutrition into medical school curricula / Claudia S. Plaisted, Steven H. Zeisel
- Preventive nutrition throughout the life cycle: a cost-effective approach to improved health / Adrianne Bendich, Richard J. Deckelbaum
- Pt. 7. Nutrition-related resources
- Books related to primary and secondary preventive nutrition
- Websites of interest.