the comprehensive guide for health professionals /
First Statement of Responsibility
editors, Adrianne Bendich and Richard J. Deckelbaum.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
4th ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer [distributor],
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxviii, 862 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Nutrition and health
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Public health benefits of preventive nutrition -- Health economics of preventive nutrition -- Econutrition: preventing malnutrition with agrodiversity interventions -- Nutrition in the age of polypharmacy -- Diet and childhood cancer: preliminary evidence -- Prevention of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers -- Factors in the causation of female cancers and prevention -- The role of nutrition and diet in prostate cancer -- Dietary supplements and cancer risk: epidemiologic research and recommendations -- N-3 fatty acids from fish and plants: primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease -- Cardiovascular effects of trans fatty acids -- Antioxidant and B-vitamins and atherosclerosis -- B vitamins in the prevention of cognitive decline and vascular dementia -- The women's health initiative: lessons for preventive nutrition -- Role of nutrition in the pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of type 2 diabetes and the spectrum of cardiometabolic disease -- Nutrition, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes in the senior years -- Adipokines, nutrition, and obesity -- Diet, obesity, and lipids: cultural and political barriers to their control in developing economies -- Diet, osteoporosis, and fracture prevention: the totality of the evidence -- Gastric acid secretions, treatments, and nutritional consequences -- Nutritional antioxidants, dietary carbohydrate, and age-related maculopathy and cataract -- Micronutrients and immunity in older people -- Micronutrients: immunological and infections effects on nutritional status and impact on health in developing countries -- HIV and nutrition -- Folic acid/folic acid-containing multivitamins and primary prevention of birth defects and preterm birth -- Maternal nutrition and preterm delivery -- Linking prenatal nutrition to adult mental health -- Nutritional habits and obesity in Latin America: an analysis of the region -- Effects of Western diet on risk factors of chronic disease in Asia -- Goals for preventive nutrition in developing countries -- Preventive nutrition and the food industry: perspectives on history, present, and future directions -- The role of preventive nutrition in clinical practice.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A comprehensive review of the nutritional strategies available for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health through nutrition. It includes chapters that emphasize the critical role of nutrition in a number of health arenas. It is suitable for practicing health professionals, including physicians, nutritionists and dentists.