Table of Contents:
  • Impact of nutritional epidemiology
  • Challenges in research in nutritional epidemiology
  • The nutrition transition is speeding up : a global perspective
  • Medical nutrition therapy for diabetes : prioritizing recommendations based on evidence
  • Diet and the prevention of type 2 diabetes
  • Diet and the control of blood lipids
  • Diet and blood pressure : moving beyond preoccupation with salt to composite dietary patterns
  • Fish, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease
  • Diet and cancer prevention
  • Health benefits of phytochemicals in whole foods
  • Herbs as useful adjuncts to manage chronic diseases
  • What are the health implications of alcohol consumption?
  • Diet in the prevention and treatment of obesity
  • Diets and exercise programs for weight loss
  • The developmental origins of chronic disease in adult life
  • Trends in dietary guidelines around the global village
  • Marketing dietary supplements for health and profit
  • Optimizing nutrition for exercise and sports
  • Novel foods : today's functional foods marketplace
  • Functional foods : a critical appraisal
  • Use of biotechnology to improve food production and quality
  • Food industry and political influences on American nutrition
  • Population nutrition, health promotion, and government policy
  • Dietary intake, cardiovascular disease, and sociodemographic characteristics
  • Core concepts in nutritional anthropology
  • Nutrition on the internet