Nutrition and health / edited by Tanya Carr and Koen Descheemaeker ; scientific committee, P. Aggett ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Tanya.

Descheemaeker, Koen.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutrition--Congresses.

Nutrition.

Health--Congresses.

Health.

Public health--Congresses.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Nutrition & health

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

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Summary:

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

Contents:

NUTRITION AND HEALTH; CONTENTS; Preface; Contributors; Introduction: Prevention, a government priority; 1 Diet for the prevention of heart disease: how far are we?; 2 Should we eat foods or bits of foods? - relevance to cardiovascular disease; 3 A brief review of the impact of dietary polyphenols on cardiovascular disease; 4 Significance of cholesterol absorption: inhibitory role of plant sterols and stanok; 5 Soya and the FDA health claim: prevention of cardiovascular diseases; 6 Nutritional determinants of plasma homocysteine: implications for risk of cardiovascular disease

7 Dietary strategies to prevent and treat obesity8 Physical activity, exercise and weight control: movement for management?; 9 Cognitive-behavioural interventions for obesity; 10 Aspects of fetal origins of disease; 11 Plant based diets: findings from the Oxford vegetarian study and other prospective studies of vegetarians; 12 Review of diet and cancer: what is the evidence?; 13 Micronutrients, phytoprotectants and mechanisms of anticancer activity; 14 Dietary intervention studies and cancer prevention; 15 Diabetes: familial, genetic or lifestyle?; 16 Dietary control of diabetes

17 Management of the human gut flora for improved health18 Diet and osteoporosis: where are we now?; 19 Behaviour change counselling; 20 Health claims - can they offer hope for consumers as well as hype' for industry?; 21 The role of the media; 22 Primary health care professionals - working together in the community; Closing speech to conference; Appendices: Workshops; LC PUFAs: their role in maternal and infant nutrition; Soya in women's health; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786611318536

9781281318534

1281318531

9780470690611

0470690615

9780470680346

0470680342

OCLC:

437218584