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Diet Quality

An Evidence-Based Approach, Volume 1

  • Emerging fields of science and important discoveries are incorporated
  • Contributors are authors of international and national standing
  • Covers all major facets of diet quality

Part of the book series: Nutrition and Health (NH)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
  2. Introductory Chapters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Diet Quality: Setting the Scene

      • Najeeba F. Alamir, Victor R. Preedy
      Pages 3-11
    3. Food Intake and Food Preference

      • Stephanie Stein, Elizabeth Lamos, Michael Quartuccio, Sruti Chandraskaran, Nicole Ionica, Nanette Steinle
      Pages 13-25
    4. Diet Quality and Its Potential Cost Savings

      • Clare Collins, Alexis Hure, Tracy Burrows, Amanda Patterson
      Pages 41-49
  3. Reproduction, Pregnancy and Women

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. Reproduction, Pregnancy, and Women: Diet Quality and Dysmenorrhea

      • Khalid K. Abdul-Razzak, Bayan A. Obeidat, Nehad M. Ayoub, Mudhaffar I. Al-Farras, Ahmed A. Jaradat
      Pages 53-63
    3. Maternal Diet Quality and Pregnancy Outcomes

      • Clara L. Rodríguez-Bernal, Marisa Rebagliato, Leda Chatzi, Clara Cavero Carbonell, Carmen Martos, Ferran Ballester
      Pages 65-79
    4. Diet Quality in Pregnancy: A Focus on Requirements and the Protective Effects of the Mediterranean Diet

      • Miguel Mariscal-Arcas, Celia Monteagudo, Fátima Olea-Serrano
      Pages 81-92
    5. Maternal Dietary Counselling and Children’s Diet Quality

      • Márcia Regina Vitolo, Maria Laura da Costa Louzada, Fernanda Rauber
      Pages 93-104
  4. Life Stages: Children and Seniors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Free Fruit for School Children to Improve Food Quality

      • Elling Bere, Knut-Inge Klepp
      Pages 135-142
    3. Diet Quality in Childhood: Impact on Growth

      • Guo Cheng, Anette E. Buyken
      Pages 143-159
    4. Diet Quality, in Relation to TV Viewing and Video Games Playing

      • George Antonogeorgos, Demosthenes Panagiotakos
      Pages 161-175
    5. Parental Perceptions and Childhood Dietary Quality: Who Holds the Reins?

      • Kristi B. Adamo, Kendra E. Brett
      Pages 177-197
    6. Nutritional Education of Secondary Education Students and Diet Quality

      • María Isabel Martinez-Martinez, Jose Martinez-Raga
      Pages 207-218

About this book

Diet quality is a broad term that encapsulates both perceived and actual practices, personal preferences and cultural diversity. Measuring dietary quality can be problematic and includes investigating food types, the number or size of portions or their frequency. Diet quality may also be related to the type of food being ingested, snacking and other eating habits. Manufactured beverages and fast food may also be included as well as microbiological quality and attempts to improve single food items such as meats or vegetables. In this book, Diet Quality: An Evidence-Based Approach, Volume 1 all of the major facets of diet quality in relation to health outcomes are covered. This important new text includes methods for determining diet quality while adopting a holistic approach to impart information on the major areas of concern or knowledge.

Chapters link in measurable indices of health such as obesity, pregnancy outcomes, cancer and cancer outcomes, and mortality. This book represents a diverse set of subject matters and seeks to fill a gap in the literature at a time when there is an increasing awareness that well being is associated with the qualitative nature of diets.  Contributors are authors of international and national standing and emerging fields of science are incorporated. Diet Quality: An Evidence-Based Approach, Volume 1 is a useful new text designed for nutritionists, dietitians, clinicians, epidemiologist, policy makers and health care professionals of various disciplines.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, School of Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

    Victor R. Preedy

  • Rosemead Surgery, Maidenhead, United Kingdom

    Lan-Anh Hunter

  • Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom

    Vinood B. Patel

About the editors

Victor R. Preedy, PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FSB, FRSPH, FRSC
Kings College London, Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, School of Medicine, London, UK

Lan-Anh Hunter, BSc MBBS DRCOG DFFP MRCGP   
Rosemead Surgery, Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK

Vinood B. Patel, BSc (Hons), PhD
University of Westminster, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, London, UK

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Buying options

eBook USD 89.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 119.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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