Nutrition and Health (eBook)
208 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-0-470-68034-6 (ISBN)
This landmark publication, which contains papers presented at the 1st Nutrition and Health conference, covers the major topics relating to nutritional aspects of health. Chapters within this important book cover vital health issues, including details of the links between diet and cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis. Further chapters within Nutrition and Health cover important nutritional issues, for example managing the human gut flora, vegetarianism and the role of phytoprotectants.
Each chapter has been written by a well-known expert, and the whole has been drawn together and carefully edited, providing an important reference resource for the future. All health professionals interested or involved in nutrition and the impact of nutrition on health should have a copy of this book on their shelves, as should libraries in all medical schools, and universities and research establishments where nutrition, dietetics and food science are studied and taught.
Also available from Blackwell Publishing
A major series of textbooks from the Nutrition Society
Introduction to Human Nutrition (0 632 05624 X)
Nutrition and Metabolism (0 632 05625 8)
Clinical Nutrition (0 632 05626 6)
Public Health Nutrition (0 632 05627 4)
Nutrition Bulletin
(Journal)
Published quarterly
ISSN: 0141 9684
Adverse Reactions to Foods
Edited by J. Buttriss (BNF)
0 632 055472
Principles of Human Nutrition
Second edition
M. Eastwood
0 632 05811 0
Tanya Carr is the editor of Nutrition and Health, published by Wiley.
Koen Descheemaeker is the editor of Nutrition and Health, published by Wiley.
Continuing accumulation of scientific evidence demonstrates that nutrition is one of the most important determinants of health for the individual, and that specific nutrition habits of various populations can significantly decrease the overall risk of several chronic diseases. This landmark publication, which contains papers presented at the 1st Nutrition and Health conference, covers the major topics relating to nutritional aspects of health. Chapters within this important book cover vital health issues, including details of the links between diet and cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis. Further chapters within Nutrition and Health cover important nutritional issues, for example managing the human gut flora, vegetarianism and the role of phytoprotectants. Each chapter has been written by a well-known expert, and the whole has been drawn together and carefully edited, providing an important reference resource for the future. All health professionals interested or involved in nutrition and the impact of nutrition on health should have a copy of this book on their shelves, as should libraries in all medical schools, and universities and research establishments where nutrition, dietetics and food science are studied and taught. Also available from Blackwell Publishing A major series of textbooks from the Nutrition Society Introduction to Human Nutrition (0 632 05624 X) Nutrition and Metabolism (0 632 05625 8) Clinical Nutrition (0 632 05626 6) Public Health Nutrition (0 632 05627 4) Nutrition Bulletin (Journal) Published quarterly ISSN: 0141 9684 Adverse Reactions to Foods Edited by J. Buttriss (BNF) 0 632 055472 Principles of Human Nutrition Second edition M. Eastwood 0 632 05811 0
Tanya Carr is the editor of Nutrition and Health, published by Wiley. Koen Descheemaeker is the editor of Nutrition and Health, published by Wiley.
NUTRITION AND HEALTH 1
CONTENTS 5
Preface 9
Contributors 11
Introduction: Prevention, a government priority 23
1 Diet for the prevention of heart disease: how far are we? 27
2 Should we eat foods or bits of foods? - relevance to cardiovascular disease 34
3 A brief review of the impact of dietary polyphenols on cardiovascular disease 42
4 Significance of cholesterol absorption: inhibitory role of plant sterols and stanok 49
5 Soya and the FDA health claim: prevention of cardiovascular diseases 56
6 Nutritional determinants of plasma homocysteine: implications for risk of cardiovascular disease 62
7 Dietary strategies to prevent and treat obesity 70
8 Physical activity, exercise and weight control: movement for management? 77
9 Cognitive-behavioural interventions for obesity 84
10 Aspects of fetal origins of disease 92
11 Plant based diets: findings from the Oxford vegetarian study and other prospective studies of vegetarians 98
12 Review of diet and cancer: what is the evidence? 107
13 Micronutrients, phytoprotectants and mechanisms of anticancer activity 111
14 Dietary intervention studies and cancer prevention 118
15 Diabetes: familial, genetic or lifestyle? 127
16 Dietary control of diabetes 132
17 Management of the human gut flora for improved health 139
18 Diet and osteoporosis: where are we now? 143
19 Behaviour change counselling 152
20 Health claims - can they offer hope for consumers as well as hype' for industry? 161
21 The role of the media 170
22 Primary health care professionals - working together in the community 174
Closing speech to conference 184
Appendices: Workshops 189
LC PUFAs: their role in maternal and infant nutrition 191
Soya in women's health 201
Index 207
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.4.2008 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung | |
Schlagworte | Ernährungslehre • Ernährungslehre • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Health & Social Care • Nutrition |
ISBN-10 | 0-470-68034-2 / 0470680342 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-68034-6 / 9780470680346 |
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