Nutrition and health /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Carr, Tanya, Descheemaeker, Koen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Osney Mead, Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2002.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Diet for the prevention of heart disease : how far are we?
  • Should we eat foods or bits of foods? - relevance to cardiovascular disease
  • A brief review of the impact of dietary polyphenols on cardiovascular disease
  • Significance of cholesterol absorption : inhibitory role of plant sterols and stanols
  • Soya and the FDA health claim : prevention of cardiovascular diseases
  • Nutritional determinants of plasma homocysteine : implications for risk of cardiovascular disease
  • Dietary strategies to prevent and treat obesity
  • Physical activity, exercise and weight control : movement for management?
  • Cognitive-behavioural interventions for obesity
  • Aspects of fetal origins of disease
  • Plant based diets : findings from the Oxford vegetarian study and other prospective studies of vegetarians
  • Review of diet and cancer : what is the evidence?
  • Micronutrients, phytoprotectants and mechanisms of anticancer activity
  • Dietary intervention studies and cancer prevention
  • Diabetes : familial, genetic or lifestyle?
  • Dietary control of diabetes
  • Management of the human gut flora for improved health
  • Diet and osteoporosis : where are we now?
  • Behaviour change counselling
  • Health claims - can they offer hope for consumers as well as "hype" for industry?
  • Role of the media
  • Primary health care professionals - working together in the community
  • Closing speech to conference