Cardiovascular Disease
Subtitle: diet, nutrition and emerging risk factors : the report of a British Nutrition Foundation task force
By: chaired by Keith Frayn ; edited by Sara Stanner.
Contributors: Frayn, K. N.; Stanner, Sara.; British Nutrition Foundation.
Publisher: Published by Blackwell Pub. for the British Nutrition Foundation
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Nutritional aspects.; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Risk factors.; Cardiovascular Diseases -- etiology.; Diet.; Nutrition.; Risk Factors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-370) and index.
Table of contents: title: The aetiology and epidemiology of cardiovascular disease / Keith Frayn and Sara Stanner; title: Metabolic syndrome: insulin resistance, obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, physical activity and genetic factors / Simon Coppack, Vidya Mohamed-Ali, and Fredrik Karpe; title: Lipid-related factors / Fredrik Karpe; title: Endothelial dysfunction / Naveed Sattar and Gordon Ferns; title: Oxidative stress / K. Richard Bruckdorfer; title: The haemostatic system: coagulation, platelets and fibrinolysis / George Miller and K. Richard Bruckdorfer; title: Inflammation-related factors / Parveen Yaqoob and Gordon Ferns; title: Homocysteine / Robert Clarke; title: Adipoes tissue-derived factors / Vidya Mohamed-Ali and Simon Coppack; title: Fetal and maternal nutrition / Caroline Fall; title: Diet and cardiovascular disease: where are we now? / Judith Buttriss; title: Physical activity: where are we now? / Judith Buttriss and Adrianne Hardman; title: A public health approach to cardiovascular disease risk reduction / Judith Buttriss.