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Preventive Nutrition

The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Adrianne Bendich

    1. SmithKline Beecham Consumer Health Care, Parsippany, USA

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  2. Richard J. Deckelbaum

    1. Columbia University, New York, USA

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

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Public Health Implications of Preventive Nutrition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Cancer Prevention

      1. Public Health Implications of Preventive Nutrition
        • Jeffrey B. Blumberg
        Pages 1-15
      2. Diet and Childhood Cancer
        • Greta R. Bunin, Joan M. Cary
        Pages 17-32
      3. Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers
        • Elizabeth T. H. Fontham
        Pages 33-55
      4. Diet and Nutrition in the Etiology and Primary Prevention of Colon Cancer
        • Roberd M. Bostick
        Pages 57-95
      5. Nutrition and Breast Cancer
        • Geoffrey R. Howe
        Pages 97-107
      6. Preventive Nutrition and Lung Cancer
        • George W. Comstock, Kathy J. Helzlsouer
        Pages 109-134
      7. Nonnutritive Components in Foods as Modifiers of the Cancer Process
        • John A. Milner
        Pages 135-152

    3. Cardiovascular Disease

      1. Dietary Fat and Coronary Heart Disease
        • K. C. Hayes
        Pages 153-169
      2. Antioxidant Vitamins and Cardiovascular Disease
        • Julie E. Buring, J. Michael Gaziano
        Pages 171-180
      3. Iron and Heart Disease
        • Christopher T. Sempos, Richard F. Gillum, Anne Condon Looker
        Pages 181-192
      4. Homocysteine, Folic Acid, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
        • Shirley A. A. Beresford, Carol J. Boushey
        Pages 193-224
      5. Omega-3 Fatty Acids from Fish
        • William E. Connor, Sonja L. Connor
        Pages 225-243

  3. Prevention of Major Disabilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N3-N3
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    2. Cataracts and Macular Degeneration

      1. The Relationship Between Nutritional Factors and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
        • Shirley Hung, Johanna M. Seddon
        Pages 245-265
      2. Antioxidant Status and Risk for Cataract
        • Allen Taylor, Paul F. Jacques
        Pages 267-283

    3. Osteoporosis

      1. Osteoporosis
        • Robert P. Heaney
        Pages 285-302

    4. Immune Function

      1. Antioxidant Nutrients and Prevention of Oxidant-Mediated, Smoking-Related Diseases
        • Ronald Anderson
        Pages 303-315
      2. Micronutrients and Immunity in Older People
        • John D. Bogden, Donald B. Louria
        Pages 317-336
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About this book

Leading medical authorities and clinicians comprehensively review and critically assess the newest nutritional approaches to preventing or delaying disease processes to create the single most comprehensive resource for health professionals seeking to improve individual health outcomes through nutrition. Along the way these distinguished scientists develop specific nutrient recommendations and illuminate not only the relationship between diet on the one hand and cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes on the other, but also the dietary prevention of cataracts, osteoporosis, and immune dysfunction. In addition, they examine the exciting current research linking nutritional status with the prevention of birth defects, as well as with the optimization of the health and intellectual capacity of children. Their pathbreaking reviews clearly spell out the public health implications of preventive nutrition strategies for the US and Europe, as well as emerging nations and developing countries worldwide.

Reviews

"...an excellent source for the healthcare practitioner who wants to more clearly understand all the pertinent issues in nutrition as they relate to the current health of his or her patients...strongly recommend[ed] to anyone in the field of primary care or nutrition...for...quick reference." -Journal of the American College of Nutrition

"...easy to read...It could provide invaluable information to those developing nutrition intervention strategies and would make an invaluable resource to seek and purchase for reference libraries." -Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

"...this book is highly recommended, not only for its practical and objective coverage of many important nutritional and health issues, but also for the concise summaries and specific recommendations on them at the end of each chapter." -Food and Nutrition Bulletin

"This book should appeal to a broad audience of nutritionists, dietitians, healthcare providers, educators, and a substantial number of the lay public...The chapters have an abundance of tables and a modest number of figures that summarize the findings of a large number of scientific investigations....This is an outstanding book....It is a very important contribution that will be of great value to many healthcare workers in the U.S. and abroad. It serves as a milepost of important nutritional measures for the prevention of chronic disease."4 STARS-Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal

"...an excellent resource for public health professionals looking for accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive information on current research and recommendations on nutrition in the prevention of disease and disability." -Canadian Journal of Public Health

"...an important resource for physicians interested in nutrition...provides a scientific basis to evaluate the health claims of nutritional products [and] answer the nutritional inquiries of patients...nothing quite like it in scope and achievement for dealing with preventive nutrition." -Endocrinologist

"...should find a place on the bookshelves of all health profesionals who recognise the role of diet in health promotion; in particular, dieticians, nutritionists and medical practitioners who are regularly faced with questions on nutrition and disease prevention." -South African Medical Journal

Editors and Affiliations

  • SmithKline Beecham Consumer Health Care, Parsippany, USA

    Adrianne Bendich

  • Columbia University, New York, USA

    Richard J. Deckelbaum

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Preventive Nutrition

  • Book Subtitle: The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals

  • Editors: Adrianne Bendich, Richard J. Deckelbaum

  • Series Title: Nutrition and Health

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6242-6

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-6242-6Published: 18 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2628-197X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2628-1961

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 581

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Nutrition, Internal Medicine

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