Primary and secondary preventive nutrition
By: edited by Adrianne Bendich and Richard J. Deckelbaum ; foreword by Alfred Sommer
Series: Nutrition and health; Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Totowa, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9781617371738
Subjects: Nutrition; Preventive Medicine; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Preventive nutrition : a historic perspective and future economic outlook  -- J. Michael McGinnis -- and -- Nancy D. Ernst -- 2.; title: Vitamin supplements and cancer risk : epidemiologic research and recommendations  -- Ruth E. Patterson, -- Alan R. Kristal, -- and -- Marian L. Neuhouser -- 3.; title: Soy and cancer prevention  -- David B. Fournier, -- John W. Erdman, Jr. -- and -- Gary B. Gordon -- 4.; title: Micronutrients as intermediate biomarkers in chemotherapy and enhancement for cancer treatments  -- Wolfgang J. Issing -- 5.; title: Health effects of trans fatty acids  -- Susanne H.F. Vermunt -- and -- Ronald P. Mensink -- 6.; title: Antioxidant vitamins and atherosclerosis  -- Howard N. Hodis, -- Wendy J. Mack, -- and -- Alex Sevanian -- 7.; title: Oxidative stress and antioxidants in type 2 diabetes  -- Sridevi Devaraj -- and -- Ishwarlal Jialal -- 8.; title: Hyperhomocysteinemia, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease  -- Ellen K. Hoogeveen -- and -- Kenneth J. Rothman -- 9.; title: Genetic and environmental influences on obesity  -- David B. Allison, -- Patty E. Matz, -- Angelo Pietrobelli, -- Raffaella Zannolli, -- and -- Myles S. Faith -- 10.; title: Obesity and insulin resistance in childhood and adolescence  -- Erik Bergström -- and -- Olle Hernell -- 11.; title: Can childhood obesity be prevented?  -- Christine L. Williams -- 12.; title: Obesity and chronic disease : impact of weight reduction  -- Henry I. Frier -- and -- Harry L. Greene -- 13.; title: Meal replacement products and fat substitutes in weight control and maintenance  -- Allan Geliebter, -- Amy Funkhouser, -- and -- Steven B. Heymsfield -- 14.; title: Role of long-chain polyunstaturated [sic] fatty acids in infant growth and development  -- Berthold Koletzko -- and -- Tamás Decsi -- 15.; title: Vitamin A-related childhood blindness, mortality, and morbidity : interventions for prevention  -- Barbara A. Underwood -- 16.; title: Polyunsaturated fatty acids and autoimmune diseases  -- Andrea Belluzzi -- 17.; title: Osteoarthritis : role of nutrition and dietary supplement interventions  -- Timothy E. McAlindon -- 18.; title: 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.; title: Preventive nutrition issues in ethnic and socioeconomic groups in the United States  -- Shiriki K. Kumanayika -- and -- Susan M. Krebs-Smith -- 20.; title: Micronutrient deficiencies : first link in a chain of nutritional and health events in economic crises  -- Martin W. Bloem -- and -- Ian Darnton-Hill -- 21.; title: Alcohol : the balancing act  -- William E.M. Lands -- 22.; title: Health claims for foods and dietary supplements in the United States and Japan  -- Annette Dickinson -- 23.; title: Incorporating preventive nutrition into medical school curricula  -- Claudia S. Plaisted -- and -- Steven H. Zeisel -- 24.; title: Preventive nutrition throughout the life cycle : a cost-effective approach to improved health -- Adrianne Bendich-- and-- Richard J. Deckelbaum.