Overview
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Ted Wilson
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Departments of Exercise and Sport Science/Health Education, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, USA
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Norman J. Temple
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Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Canada
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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- Norman J. Temple, Marion Nestle
Pages 13-29
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- Carolyn K. Clifford, Sharon S. McDonald
Pages 59-74
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- Ted Wilson, Patricia A. Murphy
Pages 75-88
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- Norman J. Temple, Artur Machner
Pages 89-100
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- Jayne V. Woodside, Ian S. Young
Pages 101-120
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- Robert Clarke, Chris Frost
Pages 121-134
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- Marie K. Richards, Sahasporn Paeratakul, George A. Bray, Barry M. Popkin
Pages 135-150
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- Jayne V. Woodside, Ian S. Young
Pages 151-166
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- Brian Leutholtz, Richard B. Kreider
Pages 207-235
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- David J. P. Barker, Keith M. Godfrey
Pages 253-268
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About this book
An authoritative and comprehensive collection of cutting-edge reviews by leading authorities detailing the scientific evidence for the health effects of vitamins, minerals, functional foods, and other classes of foods. The authors provide readers with updated recommendations on a wide range of significant nutritional questions, including the cardiovascular effects of homocysteine and dietary fats; the importance of antioxidants and soy isoflavones with respect to heart disease and cancer; and the use of dietary modifications in the prevention and/or treatment of blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Richly insightful and up-to-date, Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention offers sound advice on optimizing our nutritional habits, as well as a valuable guide to the growing body of literature that shows how nutritional interventions have become essential to reducing the risk of chronic disease.
Reviews
"Given the amount and complexity of nutrition research, this book provides a valuable contribution to providers requiring comprehensive yet accessible information. The author's objective to provide strategies for prevention are well met... The book is written for health providers at all levels, from student to practitioner, from nutrition and nursing to medicine. The editors and contributors include leading authorities on various topics... Chapters are of appropriate length, with concise but balanced information provided in a reader-friendly, subtitled format. Summaries at the end of each chapter provide quick reference for topics such as hypertension and cancer risk. Unique features include timely discussions of nutrition information on the Internet and advertising effects on public health... It is a good reference for those not interested in wading through large references to find the most pertinent information." -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
"This volume in the Nutrition and Health series focuses on the potential role of diet in achieving maximum health throughout the life span...It is timely, authoritative, and clearly written, with appropriate referencing and index. It will be particularly useful for university-level courses on nutrition and health." - Food and Nutrition Bulletin
"...this book is a useful addition to the biomedical and health literature." -Pathways: The Novartis Journal
"Nutrional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention fills a unique niche among books available for health professionals and is therefore recommended as a valuable reference work for physicians, nurses, dieticians, and health professional students. It can be best used as an introduction to the many topics covered in the chapters, to direct readers to other primary sources of information, and to provoke discussion concerning emerging, complex, and controversial issues in nutrition and disease prevention and management."-American Journal of Medicine
Editors and Affiliations
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Departments of Exercise and Sport Science/Health Education, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, USA
Ted Wilson
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Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Canada
Norman J. Temple
