| Description |
551 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Modern nutrition |
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Modern nutrition (Boca Raton, Fla.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Vegetarian diets: descriptions and trends / Joan Sabaté, Rosemary A. Ratzin-Turner, and Jack E. Brown -- The public health risk-to-benefit ratio of vegetarian diets: changing paradigms / Joan Sabaté -- Vegetarianism, coronary risk factors and coronary heart disease / Tim J. Key and Paul N. Appleby -- Vegetarian diets and cancer risk / Paul K. Mills -- Vegetarian diets and obesity prevention / Joan Sabaté and Glen Blix -- Vegetarian diets in the prevention of osteoporosis, diabetes, and neurological disorders / Sujatha Rajaram and Michelle Wien -- Does low meat consumption contribute to greater longevity? / Pramil N. Singh -- Physical growth and development of vegetarian children and adolescents / Marcel Hebbelinck and Peter Clarys -- Vegetarian diets in pregnancy and lactation / Patricia K. Johnston -- Women's reproductive function / Susan Barr -- A vegetarian diet: health advantages for the elderly / Richard W. Hubbard and Elaine Fleming. |
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Implications of the vegetarian diet for athletes / David Nieman -- Nutrients of concern in vegetarian diets / Winston J. Craig and Laura Pinyan -- Health-promoting phytochemicals: beyond the traditional nutrients / Winston J. Craig -- Vegetarian diets and dietary guidelines for chronic disease prevention: how meatless diets conform to current recommendations for healthy eating / Ella H. Haddad -- Developing a vegetarian food guide / Crystal Whitten -- Environmental impacts of meat production and vegetarianism / Lucas Reijnders -- Meatless diets, a moral imperative? / Mark F. Carr and Gerald R. Winslow -- The historical context of vegetarianism / James C. Whorton -- Religion, spirituality, and a vegetarian dietary / Glen Blix. |
| Subject |
Vegetarianism.
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Diet, Vegetarian. (DNLM)D014676
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Diet. (DNLM)D004032
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena. (DNLM)D009747
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Régime végétarien.
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Vegetarianism. (OCoLC)fst01164896
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Vegetarianismo.
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Nutrição.
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| Added Author |
Sabaté, Joan.
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Ratzin-Turner, Rosemary.
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| ISBN |
0849385083 (alk. paper) |
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9780849385087 (alk. paper) |
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