Preventive Nutrition The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals

Preventive Nutrition The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals / edited by Adrianne Bendich, Richard J. Deckelbaum.

Evidence-based nutritional interventions are now a critical component of preventive medicine, employed in a wide variety of medical scenarios. Preventive Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals, Fourth Edition gives health professionals up-to-date, comprehensive reviews that evalua...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bendich, Adrianne (Editor), Deckelbaum, Richard J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2010.
Edition:4th ed. 2010.
Series:Nutrition and Health
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Public health.
Clinical nutrition.
Nutrition   .
Internal medicine.
Primary care (Medicine).
General practice (Medicine).
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Global Issues
  • Public Health Benefits of Preventive Nutrition
  • Health Economics of Preventive Nutrition
  • Econutrition: Preventing Malnutrition with Agrodiversity Interventions
  • Nutrition in the Age of Polypharmacy
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Diet and Childhood Cancer: Preliminary Evidence
  • Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers
  • Factors in the Causation of Female Cancers and Prevention
  • The Role of Nutrition and Diet in Prostate Cancer
  • Dietary Supplements and Cancer Risk: Epidemiologic Research and Recommendations
  • Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
  • N-3 Fatty Acids from Fish and Plants: Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Trans Fatty Acids
  • Antioxidant and B-vitamins and Atherosclerosis
  • B Vitamins in the Prevention of Cognitive Decline and Vascular Dementia
  • Diabetes and Obesity
  • The Women's Health Initiative: Lessons for Preventive Nutrition
  • Role of Nutrition in the Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and the Spectrum of Cardiometabolic Disease
  • Nutrition, Metabolic Syndrome, and Diabetes in the Senior Years
  • Adipokines, Nutrition, and Obesity
  • Diet, Obesity, and Lipids: Cultural and Political Barriers to Their Control in Developing Economies
  • Prevention of Major Disabilities; Improvement in Health Outcomes
  • Diet, Osteoporosis, and Fracture Prevention: The Totality of the Evidence
  • Gastric Acid Secretions, Treatments, and Nutritional Consequences
  • Nutritional Antioxidants, Dietary Carbohydrate, and Age-Related Maculopathy and Cataract
  • Micronutrients and Immunity in Older People
  • Micronutrients: Immunological and Infection Effects on Nutritional Status and Impact on Health in Developing Countries
  • HIV and Nutrition
  • Optimal Pregnancy/Infancy Outcomes
  • Folic Acid/Folic Acid-Containing Multivitamins and Primary Prevention of Birth Defects and Preterm Birth
  • Maternal Nutrition and Preterm Delivery
  • Linking Prenatal Nutrition to Adult Mental Health
  • Nutrition Transitions Around the World
  • Nutritional Habits and Obesity in Latin America: An Analysis of the Region
  • Effects of Western Diet on Risk Factors of Chronic Disease in Asia
  • Goals for Preventive Nutrition in Developing Countries
  • Preventive Nutrition and the Food Industry: Perspectives on History, Present, and Future Directions
  • The Role of Preventive Nutrition in Clinical Practice.

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