Research Catalog

Title

Primary and secondary preventive nutrition / edited by Adrianne Bendich and Richard J. Deckelbaum ; foreword by Alfred Sommer.

Publication

Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bendich, Adrianne.
• Deckelbaum, Richard J.

Description

xiv, 465 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm.

Series Statement

Nutrition and health

Uniform Title

Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)

Subjects

• Preventive Medicine
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Nutrition
• Medicine, Preventive

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Preventive Nutrition: A Historic Perspective and Future Economic Outlook / J. Michael McGinnis and Nancy D. Ernst -- 2. Vitamin Supplements and Cancer Risk: Epidemiologic Research and Recommendations / Ruth E. Patterson, Alan R. Kristal and Marian L. Neuhouser -- 3. Soy and Cancer Prevention / David B. Fournier, John W. Erdman, Jr. and Gary B. Gordon -- 4. Micronutrients as Intermediate Biomarkers in Chemotherapy and Enhancement for Cancer Treatments / Wolfgang J. Issing -- 5. Health Effects of Trans Fatty Acids / Susanne H. F. Vermunt and Ronald P. Mensink -- 6. Antioxidant Vitamins and Atherosclerosis / Howard N. Hodis, Wendy J. Mack and Alex Sevanian -- 7. Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants in Type 2 Diabetes / Sridevi Devaraj and Ishwarlal Jialal. 8. Hyperhomocysteinemia, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease / Ellen K. Hoogeveen and Kenneth J. Rothman -- 9. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Obesity / David B. Allison, Patty E. Matz and Angelo Pietrobelli / [et al.].
• 10. Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Childhood and Adolescence / Erik Bergstrom and Olle Hernell -- 11. Can Childhood Obesity Be Prevented? / Christine L. Williams -- 12. Obesity and Chronic Disease: Impact of Weight Reduction / Henry I. Frier and Harry L. Greene -- 13. Meal Replacement Products and Fat Substitutes in Weight Control and Maintenance / Allan Geliebter, Amy Funkhouser and Steven B. Heymsfield -- 14. Role of Long-Chain Polyunstaturated Fatty Acids in Infant Growth and Development / Berthold Koletzko and Tamas Decsi -- 15. Vitamin A-Related Childhood Blindness, Mortality, and Morbidity: Interventions for Prevention / Barbara A. Underwood -- 16. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Autoimmune Diseases / Andrea Belluzzi. 17. Osteoarthritis: Role of Nutrition and Dietary Supplement Interventions / Timothy E. McAlindon --
• 18. Calcium Requirements During Treatment of Osteoporosis in Women: Calcium Supplements Alone and in Association with Antiresorptive Drugs in Osteoporosis / Claudia A. Pereda and Richard Eastell -- 19. Preventive Nutrition Issues in Ethnic and Socioeconomic Groups in the United States / Shiriki K. Kumanyika and Susan M. Krebs-Smith -- 20. Micronutrient Deficiencies: First Link in a Chain of Nutritional and Health Events in Economic Crises / Martin W. Bloem and Ian Darnton-Hill -- 21. Alcohol: The Balancing Act / William E. M. Lands -- 22. Health Claims for Foods and Dietary Supplements in the United States and Japan / Annette Dickinson -- 23. Incorporating Preventive Nutrition into Medical School Curricula / Claudia S. Plaisted and Steven H. Zeisel -- 24. Preventive Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle: A Cost-Effective Approach to Improved Health / Adrianne Bendich and Richard J. Deckelbaum -- Books Related to Primary and Secondary Preventive Nutrition -- Websites of Interest.

ISBN

0896037584 (alk. paper)

LCCN

00053891

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries