| Description |
xix, 579 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Nutrition and health |
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Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Public health implications of preventive nutrition-- Diet and childhood cancer: preliminary evidence-- Prevention of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers-- Diet and nutrition in the etiology and primary prevention of colon cancer-- Nutrition and breast cancer-- Preventive nutrition and lung cancer-- Nonnutritive components in foods as modifiers of the cancer process-- Dietary fat and coronary heart disease-- Antioxidant vitamins and cardiovascular disease-- Iron and |
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heart disease: a review of the epidemiologic data |
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Homocysteine, folic acid, and cardiovascular disease risk-- Omega-3 fatty acids from fish: primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease-- The relationship between nutritional factors and age-related macular degeneration-- Antioxidant status and risk for cataract-- Osteoporosis: vitamins, minerals, and other micronutrients-- Antioxidant nutrients and prevention of oxidant-mediated, smoking-related diseases-- Micronutrients and immunity in older people-- |
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Impact of vitamin A on immunity and infection in developing countries |
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Folic acid-containing multivitamins and primary prevention of birth defects-- Nutritional prevention of DNA damage to sperm and consequent risk reduction in birth defects and cancer in offspring-- Maternal nutrition and preterm delivery-- Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal neurodevelopment: recommendations for perinatal nutrition-- Potential benefits of preventive nutrition strategies: lessons for the United States-- Nutrient addition to foods: the public |
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health impact in countries with rapidly westernizing diets |
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Nutrition and food policy in Norway: effects on reduction of coronary heart disease-- Prevention of pediatric obesity: examining the issues and forecasting research directions-- Effect of westernization of nutritional habits on obesity in Latin America: recommendations fo the region-- Prevention of malnutrition in Chile-- Effects of western diet on risk factors of chronic diseases in Asia-- Goals for preventive nutrition in developing countries |
| Local Note |
Apr. 1999 $99.50 [100.39] 071922403 |
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Apr. 1999 $99.50 [100.39] 071922403 |
| Subject |
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Medicine, Preventive.
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Nutritionally induced diseases -- Prevention.
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Diet therapy.
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Nutritional Status.
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Diet.
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Primary Prevention.
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| Added Author |
Bendich, Adrianne.
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Deckelbaum, Richard J.
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| ISBN |
0896033511 (acid-free paper) |
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