Preventive nutrition : the comprehensive guide for health professionals

Preventive nutrition: a historic perspective and future economic outlook / Nancy D. Ernst and J. Michael McGinnis -- Prevention of cancers of the esophagus and stomach / Elizabeth T.H. Fontham and L. Joseph Su -- Nonnutritive components in foods as modifiers of the cancer process / Keith W. Singletary, Steven J.T. Jackson, and John A. Milner -- Dietary supplements and cancer risk: epidemiologic research and recommendations / Marion L. Neuhouser ... [et al.] -- Soy consumption and cancer prevention: a critical review / Jin-Rong Zhou and John W. Erdman, Jr -- Tomato, lycopene, and prostate cancer / Jessica K. Campbell and John W. Erdman, Jr -- Iron and heart disease: a review of the epidemiological data / Christopher T. Sempos, Richard F. Gillum, and Anne C. Looker -- Homocysteine, folic acid, and cardiovascular disease risk / Shirley A.A. Beresford and Arno G. Motulsky. N-3 fatty acids from fish and plants: primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease / William E. Connor and Sonja L. Connor -- Antioxidant vitamin supplementation and cardiovascular disease / Howard N. Hodis, Wendy J. Mack, and Alex Sevanian -- Health effects of trans fatty acids / Ronald P. Mensink and Susanne H.F. Vermunt -- Obesity and insulin resistance in childhood and adolescence / Erik Bergström and Olle Hernell -- Prevention of pediatric obesity: examining the issues and forecasting research directions / Myles S. Faith ... [et al.] -- Can childhood obesity be prevented?: preschool nutrition and obesity / Christine L. Williams -- Obesity and chronic disease: impact of weight reduction / Henry I. Frier and H.L. Greene -- Osteoarthritis: role of nutrition and dietary supplement interventions / Timothy E. McAlindon -- Calcium requirements during treatment of osteoporosis in women / Richard Eastell. Osteoporosis: protein, minerals, vitamins, and other micronutrients / Robert P. Heaney -- Antioxidant status and risk for cataract / Mark Siegal, Chung-Jung Chiu, and Allen Taylor -- Antioxidant, nutrients, and prevention of oxidant-mediated diseases / Ronald Anderson -- Nutritional supplements and upper respiratory tract illnesses in young children in the United States / Linda A. Linday -- Micronutrients and immunity in older people / John D. Bogden and Donald B. Louria -- Vitamin A and the prevention of morbidity, mortality, and blindness / Richard D. Semba -- Folic acid-containing multivitamins and primary prevention of birth defects / Andrew E. Czeizel -- Maternal nutrition and preterm delivery / Theresa O. Scholl -- Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal neurodevelopment: recommendations for perinatal nutrition / Ricardo Uauy ... [et al.]. Micronutrient deficiencies and maternal thinness: first chain in the sequence of nutritional and health events in economic crises / Martin W. Bloem, Saskia de Pee, and Ian Darnton-Hill -- Potential benefits of preventive nutrition strategies: lessons for the United States / Walter C. Willett -- Nutrition and food policy in Norway: effects on reduction of coronary heart disease / Kaare R. Norum ... [et al.] -- Prevention of malnutrition in Chile / Fernando Mönckeberg Barros -- Effect of westernization of nutritional habits on obesity prevalence in Latin America: analysis and recommendations / Jaime Rozowski, Oscar Castillo, and Manuel Moreno -- Effects of western diet on risk factors of chronic diseases in Asia / Kaichi Kida ... [et al.] -- Alcohol: the balancing act / William E.M. Lands -- Influence of medication on nutritional status / Joseph I. Boulatta. Health claims for foods and dietary supplements: current and emerging policies / Annette Dickinson -- Teaching preventive nutrition in medical schools / Martin Kohlmeier and Steven H. Zeisel -- Preventive nutrition throughout the life cycle: a cost-effective approach to improved health / Adrianne Bendich and Richard J. Deckelbaum.