Current Perspectives on Nutrition and Health

by Carroll, Kenneth K.; Royal Society of Canada

• ISBN13: 9780773517240
• ISBN10: 0773517243
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

The contributors explore recent findings on disease patterns, health maintenance, and dietary approaches to reducing the risk of chronic disease. Internationally known experts provide valuable new information on the influence of diet on heart disease, cancer, hypertension, kidney disease, diabetes, obesity, and osteoporosis. As well, they examine recent developments in nutrition research in Britain and other European countries and discuss priorities for nutrition research in Canada as set forth in a report recently released by the Ministry of Health. Current Perspectives on Nutrition and Health will be a valuable resource for health care professionals, food producers, governments, and the general public.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Keynote Address: The Evolution of Nutrition Research in Britain and Other European Countries	p. 3
Perspectives from Eastern Europe	p. 25
Diet and Cardiovascular Disease: The Nordic Experience	p. 40
Diet and Cardiovascular Disease: A South Pacific Perspective	p. 48
Pathogenic and Protective Nutritional Factors in Coronary Heart Disease	p. 59
Diet and Hypertension	p. 103
The Role of Diet in Chronic Renal Disease Progression	p. 120
Diet and Obesity	p. 132
Diet and Diabetes	p. 145
Diet in Relation to Osteoporosis	p. 167
Nutrition in Relation to Alcohol Use	p. 177
Role of Diet in Health Maintenance throughout Life	p. 192
Nutritional Problems of the Elderly	p. 199
Dietary Mutagens and Carcinogens: Heterocyclic Amines	p. 215
Nutrition in Relation to Stomach Cancer and Stroke Mortality	p. 227
Epidemiology of Breast and Colon Cancers: Old Risk Factors, New Mechanisms?	p. 237
Cancer: Influences of Fat and Calories	p. 258
Nutrition for Health: An Agenda for Action	p. 273
Index	p. 296
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