Preventive Nutrition The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals
Since the widely acclaimed first edition of Preventive Nutrition: The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals was published in 1997, many new studies have significantly extended our understanding of the health effects of nutrition. In this richly enhanced second edition, leading nutritionists,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ
Humana
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2001 |
| Series: | Nutrition and Health
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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
- VI Nutrition-Related Resources