Diet, Life Expectancy, and Chronic Disease Studies of Seventh-Day Adventists and Other Vegetarians

by Fraser, Gary E.

• ISBN13: 9780195113242
• ISBN10: 0195113241
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Research into the role of diet in chronic disease can be difficult to interpret. Measurement errors in different studies often produce conflicting answers to the same questions. Seventh-day Adventists and other groups with many vegetarian members are ideal study populations because they havea wide range of dietary habits that adds poer and clarity to research findings. This book analyzes the results of such studies, focusing on heart disease and cancer. These studies support the benefits of a vegetarian diet and in addition provide evidence about the effects of individual foods andfood groups on disease risk that is relevant to all who are interested in good health. Fraser places the findings in athe broader context of well-designed nutritional studies of the general population. He discusses the degree of confidence we can have in particular relationships between diet anddisease based on the strength of the evidence. While this is a scholarly book, it is written in clear English and contains an extensive glossary so that it should be accessible to a wide audience.

Table of Contents

Why We Study the Health of Adventists	1	(20)
Coronary Heart Disease Rates among Adventists and Others	21	(12)
Cancer Rates among Adventists and Others	33	(12)
The Longevity of Adventists as Compared with Others	45	(14)
Diet and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease	59	(26)
Diet and the Risk of Cancer	85	(24)
Diet, Other Risk Factors, and Aging	109	(20)
Vegetarianism and Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes, and Arthritis	129	(20)
Social Support, Religiosity, Other Psychological Factors, and Health	149	(28)
Jerry Lee
Graham Stacey
Gary Fraser
Coronary Heart Disease Mortality among British, German, and Indian Vegetarians	177	(16)
Cancer and All-Cause Mortality among British and German Vegetarians	193	(10)
Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer among Vegetarians	203	(28)
Risk Factors and Disease among Vegans	231	(10)
Changing a Population's Diet: A Behavioral View of the Adventist Experience	241	(8)
Helen Hopp-Marshak
Kiti Freier
Gary Fraser
Shifting to a Vegetarian Diet: Practical Suggestions from a Nutritionist	249	(16)
Ella Haddad
The Challenge of Nutritional Epidemiology	265	(12)
Appendix	277	(16)
Glossary	293	(22)
References	315	(48)
Index	363