the comprehensive guide for health professionals /
edited by Adrianne Bendich and Richard J. Deckelbaum ; foreword by Joann E. Manson, Frank B. Hu
2nd ed
Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press,
c2001
xvi, 503 p. :
ill. ;
26 cm
Nutrition and health
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Diet and childhood cancer: preliminary evidence -- 2. Prevention of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers -- 3. Diet and nutrition in the etiology and primary prevention of colon cancer -- 4. Preventive nutrition and lung cancer -- 5. Nonnutritive components in foods as modifiers of the cancer process -- 6. Dietary fat and coronary heart disease -- 7. Iron and heart disease: a review of the epidemiologic data -- 8. Homocysteine, folic acid, and cardiovascular disease risk -- 9. n-3 fatty acids from fish and plants: primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease -- 10. The relationship between nutritional factors and age-related macular degeneration -- 11. Osteoporosis: minerals, vitamins, and other micronutrients -- 12. Antioxidant nutrients and prevention of oxidant-mediated diseases -- 13. Micronutrients and immunity in older people -- 14. Impact of Vitamin A on immunity and infection in developing countries -- 15. Folic acid-containing multivitamins and primary prevention of birth defects -- 16. DNA damage to sperm from micronutrient deficiency may increase the risk of birth defects and cancer in offspring -- 17. Maternal nutrition and preterm delivery -- 18. Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal neurodevelopment: recommendations for perinatal nutrition -- 19. Effects of Western diet on risk factors of chronic diseases in Asia -- 20. Potential benefits of preventive nutrition strategies: lessons for the United States -- 21. Goals for preventive nutrition in developing countries