| Description |
xiii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Diseases characteristic of modern western culture -- Emergence of a concept / Denis P. Burkitt -- Western diseases and what they encompass / Denis P. Burkitt -- Causes of western disease -- Diet-related disease patterns in South African interethnic populations: epidemiological perplexities and future prospects / Alexander R.P. Walker, Demetre Labadarios, Ingrid I. Glatthaar -- Diet and chronic degenerative diseases: a summary of results from an ecologic study in rural |
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China / T. Colin Campbell, Junshi Chen. |
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Dietary causes of degenerative diseases: nutrients vs. foods / T. Colin Campbell -- Diet and western disease: fat, energy, and cancer / Norman J. Temple -- Dietrary fiber / K.W. Heaton -- Vitamins and minerals in cancer, hypertension and other diseases / Norman J. Temple -- Possibility of disease reversibility -- Reversing coronary heart disease / Hans Diehl -- Reversibility of obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease / James W. Anderson, Abayomi O. Akanji. |
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Therapeutic and preventive potential of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle: insights from Australian aborigines / Kerin O'Dea -- Practical means to prevent western disease -- Organized medicine: an ounce of prevention or a pound of cure / Norman J. Temple -- Changes for health / Marjorie Gott -- Medical research -- Medical research: a complex problem / Norman J. Temple -- Western disease: end of the beginning / Norman J. Temple, Denis P. Burkitt. |
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Nutritionally induced diseases -- Epidemiology.
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Chronic diseases -- Epidemiology.
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Medical geography.
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Diet in disease.
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Nutrition Disorders -- epidemiology.
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Chronic Disease -- epidemiology.
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Diet Therapy.
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Geography.
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| Added Author |
Temple, Norman J.
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Burkitt, D. P. (Denis P.)
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| ISBN |
0896032647 |
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