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Diet and health : implications for reducing chronic disease risk / Committee on Diet and Health, Food and Nutrition Board, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Diet and Health.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chronic diseases--Nutritional aspects.
- Chronic diseases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (765 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Diet and Health examines the many complex issues concerning diet and its role in increasing or decreasing the risk of chronic disease. It proposes dietary recommendations for reducing the risk of the major diseases and causes of death today: atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (including heart attack and stroke), cancer, high blood pressure, obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, liver disease, and dental caries.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction, definitions, and methodology
- pt. 2. Evidence on dietary components and chronic diseases
- pt. 3. Impact of dietary patterns on chronic diseases
- pt. 4. Overall assessment, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610214341
- 9781280214349
- 1280214341
- 9780309588317
- 0309588316
- 9780585032191
- 058503219X
- OCLC:
- 42329899
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