Diet, Nutrition & Chronic Disease

Lessons from Contrasting Worlds

Prakash S. Shetty, Klim McPherson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

318 Seiten

1997
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-97133-7 (ISBN)

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This book summarises the current state of the art of our understanding of the problem of non-communicable diseases and their primary prevention. It aims to increase international awareness of the global burden of non-communicable diseases and in particular to highlight the trends in developing countries; evaluates the impact of changes in diet, nutrition and lifestyle that predispose to chronic non-communicable diseases in modern societies; shares knowledge of the growing problems on non-communicable diseases and experiences related to its prevention between health professionals of developing and developed countries; identifies and prioritises major research issues and suggest strategies to deal with the global epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases.

Prakash S. Shetty and Klim McPherson are the authors of Diet, Nutrition & Chronic Disease: Lessons from Contrasting Worlds, published by Wiley.

Overview of Diet-Related Non-Communicable Diseases.

Prenatal Influences on Disease in Later Life.

Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Migrants -
Interactions Between Nutritional Changes and Genetic Background.

Inequalities in Diet and Health

Dietary Fats and Non-Communicable Diseases.

Diet and Large Bowel Cancer.

Interactions Between Diet and endogenous Hormones: Possible Role in Breast Cancer

Assessing the Net Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Mortality.

The Public Health Impact of Globalisation of Food Trade

Some Aspects of Norwegian Nutrition and Food Policy

Symposium: The Burgeoning Global Burden of Obesity.

Workshop Reports

Diet, Lifestyle and Chronic Disease: Lessons From Contrasting Worlds.

Where Do We Go From Here in Public Health?

Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 235 mm
Gewicht	624 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
ISBN-10	0-471-97133-2 / 0471971332
ISBN-13	978-0-471-97133-7 / 9780471971337
Zustand	Neuware