Research Catalog

Title

Nutritional health : strategies for disease prevention / edited by Norman J. Temple, Ted Wilson, David R. Jacobs ; foreword by David S. Ludwig.

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press Inc., [2006], ©2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Temple, Norman J.
• Wilson, Ted (Lecturer in biology)
• Jacobs, David R.

Description

xviii, 465 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.

Series Statement

Nutrition and health

Uniform Title

Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)

Subjects

• Neoplasms > prevention & control
• Hypertension > prevention & control
• Heart Diseases > prevention & control
• Diabetes Mellitus > prevention & control
• Chronic Disease
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Medicine, Preventive
• Diet therapy
• Nutrition
• Diet in disease

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Impact of nutritional epidemiology / Barrie M. Margetts -- 2. Challenges in research in nutritional epidemiology / David R. Jacobs, Jr. -- 3. The nutrition transition is speeding up : a global perspective / Barry M. Popkin -- 4. Medical nutrition therapy for diabetes : prioritizing recommendations based on evidence / Marion J. Franz -- 5. Diet and the prevention of type 2 diabetes / Norman J. Temple and Nelia P. Steyn -- 6. Diet and the control of blood lipids / Tricia L. Psota, Sarah K. Gebauer, Gigi Meyer and Penny M. Kris-Etherton -- 7. Diet and blood pressure : moving beyond preoccupation with salt to composite dietary patterns / Karen E. Charlton -- 8. Fish, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease / Jayne V. Woodside and Ian S. Young -- 9. Diet and cancer prevention / Cindy D. Davis and John A. Milner -- 10. Health benefits of phytochemicals in whole foods / Rui Hai Liu -- 11. Herbs as useful adjuncts to manage chronic diseases / Winston J. Craig -- 12. What are the health implications of alcohol consumption? / Eric Rimm and Norman J. Temple -- 13. Diet in the prevention and treatment of obesity / Sahaspahorn Paeratakul, George A. Bray and Barry M. Popkin -- 14. Diets and exercise programs for weight loss / Lisa Sanders, Kathleen Page, Dena Bravata and Marguerite Brainerd -- 15. The developmental origins of chronic disease in adult life / David J. P. Barker -- 16. Trends in dietary guidelines around the global village / Jayne V. Woodside, Geraldine Cuskelly and Norman J. Temple -- 17. Marketing dietary supplements for health and profit / Norman J. Temple and Diane H. Morris -- 18. Optimizing nutrition for exercise and sports / Richard B. Kreider and Brian Leutholtz -- 19. Novel foods : today's functional foods marketplace / Jill K. Rippe -- 20. Functional foods : a critical appraisal / Ted Wilson and David R. Jacobs, Jr. -- 21. Use of biotechnology to improve food production and quality / Travis J. Knight and Donald C. Beitz -- 22. Food industry and political influences on American nutrition / Marion Nestle, Ted Wilson and Audrey Balay-Karperien -- 23. Population nutrition, health promotion, and government policy / Norman J. Temple and Marion Nestle -- 24. Dietary intake, cardiovascular disease, and sociodemographic characteristics / Lyn M. Steffen -- 25. Core concepts in nutritional anthropology / Sera L. Young and Gretel H. Pelto -- 26. Nutrition on the Internet / Tony Helman.

ISBN

1588294544 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005013116
• 9781588294548

OCLC

• ocm60360393
• SCSB-5227604

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries