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This edition updates the 1997 reference with recent advances in the nutritional sciences, particularly regarding those dietary components lacking traditionally-recognized nutritional values that savvy consumers most inquire about now: antioxidants, fatty acids, fiber, phytochemicals (found, e.g., in garlic and tea), and vitamin supplements. In 21 contributed chapters, nutritionists, clinicians, and public health specialists present the research and epidemiologic evidence for links between such nutrients and disease prevention (e.g., of cancer, cardiovascular disease); and optimal pregnancy/infancy outcomes. These findings are translated into recommendations for global preventive health strategies. Includes supporting tables, diagrams, and websites. Bendich is with GlaxoSmithKline in NJ. Deckelman (MD) is at Columbia University's Institute of Human Nutrition in New York.


Book Info

GlaxoSmithKline, Parsippany, NY. Encompasses a broad range of topics, from cancer and cardiovascular disease to infectious disease in children, and from reproductive and prenatal nutrition to global public health nutrition strategies. Considers practical dietary recommendations for all relevant nutritional factors.


Book Description

Paramus, NJ. Summarizes evidence linking nutrition and health, including malnutrition in developing countries and the role of various nutritional etiologies in death in developed countries. 55 contributors, 39 U.S. DNLM: Nutrition.

Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Pt. I Cancer Prevention
1 Diet and Childhood Cancer: Preliminary Evidence 3
2 Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers 21
3 Diet and Nutrition in the Etiology and Primary Prevention of Colon Cancer 47
4 Preventive Nutrition and Lung Cancer 97
5 Nonnutritive Components in Foods as Modifiers of the Cancer Process 131
Pt. II Cardiovascular Disease
6 Dietary Fat and Coronary Heart Disease 157
7 Iron and Heart Disease: A Review of the Epidemiologic Data 175
8 Homocysteine, Folic Acid, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk 191
9 n-3 Fatty Acids from Fish and Plants: Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease 221
Pt. III Prevention of Major Disabilities: Improvement in Health Outcomes
10 The Relationship Between Nutritional Factors and Age-Related Macular Degeneration 247
11 Osteoporosis: Minerals, Vitamins, and Other Micronutrients 271
12 Antioxidant Nutrients and Prevention of Oxidant-Mediated Diseases 293
13 Micronutrients and Immunity in Older People 307
14 Impact of Vitamin A on Immunity and Infection in Developing Countries 329
Pt. IV Optimal Pregnancy/Infancy Outcomes
15 Folic Acid-Containing Multivitamins and Primary Prevention of Birth Defects 349
16 DNA Damage to Sperm from Micronutrient Deficiency May Increase the Risk of Birth Defects and Cancer in Offspring 373
17 Maternal Nutrition and Preterm Delivery 387
18 Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids for Optimal Neurodevelopment: Recommendations for Perinatal Nutrition 415
Pt. V Global Preventive Nutrition Strategies
19 Effects of Western Diet on Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases in Asia 435
20 Potential Benefits of Preventive Nutrition Strategies: Lessons for the United States 447
21 Goals for Preventive Nutrition in Developing Countries 465
Pt. VI Nutrition-Related Resources
Books Related to Preventive Nutrition 479
Websites of Interest 483
Index 489