Foods for health in the 21st century
Subtitle: a roadmap for the future
By: issue editors, M. Eric Gershwin and M.R.C. Greenwood
Contributors: Gershwin, M. Eric, 1946-; Greenwood, M. R. C.; New York Academy of Sciences
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1190; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1190.
Publisher: Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781573317634
Subjects: Nutrition; Functional Food; Functional foods; Ernährung; Congresses; Gesundheit; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Other titles: Foods for health in the twenty-first century
Notes: "This volume presents papers stemming from the First International Foods for Health Initiative Conference ... held on November 16-18, 2008 at the University of California, Davis, Buehler Alumni Center"--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online
Table of contents: title: Introduction : foods for health: a roadmap for the future  -- M.R.C. Greenwood and M. Eric Gershwin -- Pt. I.; title: Meeting the obesity challenge:; title: The importance of dietary modulation of cAMP and insulin signaling in adipose tissue and the development of obesity  -- Lise Madsen and Karsten Kristiansen; title: Fructose consumption: recent results and their potential implications  -- Kimber L. Stanhope and Peter J. Havel; title: Can bioactive foods affect obesity?  -- A. Astrup ... [et al.] -- Pt. II.; title: Nutrigenomics:; title: Phytanic acid : an overlooked bioactive fatty acid in dairy fat?  -- Lars I. Hellgren; title: Toward tailored synthesis of functional polysaccharides in plants  -- Naomi Geshi ... [et al.]; title: Effect of walnut (Juglans regia) polyphenolic compounds on ovalbumin-specific IgE induction in female BALB/c mice  -- Sarah S. Comstock, Laurel J. Gershwin, and Suzanne S. Teuber -- Pt. III.; title: Improving human health:; title: Dietary fibers as immunoregulatory compounds in health and disease  -- René Wismar ... [et al.]; title: Ellagic acid and polyphenolics present in walnut kernels inhibit in vitro human peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferation and alter cytokine production  -- Koren C. Anderson and Suzanne S. Teuber; title: Dairy proteins and the response to pneumovax in senior citizens : a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study  -- Samara L. Freeman ... [et al].; title: Public safety and dietary supplementation  -- M. Eric Gershwin ... [et al.]; title: The dogmas of nutrition and cancer : time for a second (and maybe third) look  -- Ralph de Vere White, Robert M. Hackman, and Joel Kugelmass -- Pt. IV.; title: Functional foods:; title: Enzyme technology for precision functional food ingredient processes  -- Anne S. Meyer; title: Mass spectrometric-based protein chips for detection of food-derived bioactive components  -- Jan Stagsted, Ann Louise W. Jørgensen, and Helle R. Juul-Madsen; title: Enrichment of foods with omega-3 fatty acids : a multidisciplinary challenge  -- Charlotte Jacobsen; title: The traditional Japanese formula keishibukuryogan reduces liver injury and inflammation in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease  -- Makoto Fujimoto ... [et al.] -- Pt. V.; title: Consumer response:; title: Artificial sweetener as a historical window to culturally situated health  -- Carolyn de la Peña; title: European consumers' acceptance of functional foods  -- Klaus G. Grunert; title: Consumer response : the paradoxes of food and health  -- Charlotte Biltekoff -- Pt. VI.; title: Emerging technologies:; title: Translational nutrition research at UC Davis-the key role of the Clinical and Translational Science Center  -- Sidika Kasim-Karakas ... [et al.]; title: The future of sustainable food production  -- Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak; title: Microfluidics : an emerging technology for food and health science -- Gisela Lin and Abraham P. Lee.