Preventive Nutrition: The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Public Health Implications of Preventive Nutrition....Pages 1-15
Diet and Childhood Cancer....Pages 17-32
Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers....Pages 33-55
Diet and Nutrition in the Etiology and Primary Prevention of Colon Cancer....Pages 57-95
Nutrition and Breast Cancer....Pages 97-107
Preventive Nutrition and Lung Cancer....Pages 109-134
Nonnutritive Components in Foods as Modifiers of the Cancer Process....Pages 135-152
Dietary Fat and Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 153-169
Antioxidant Vitamins and Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 171-180
Iron and Heart Disease....Pages 181-192
Homocysteine, Folic Acid, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk....Pages 193-224
Omega-3 Fatty Acids from Fish....Pages 225-243
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
The Relationship Between Nutritional Factors and Age-Related Macular Degeneration....Pages 245-265
Antioxidant Status and Risk for Cataract....Pages 267-283
Osteoporosis....Pages 285-302
Antioxidant Nutrients and Prevention of Oxidant-Mediated, Smoking-Related Diseases....Pages 303-315
Micronutrients and Immunity in Older People....Pages 317-336
Impact of Vitamin A on Immunity and Infection in Developing Countries....Pages 337-350
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Folic Acid-Containing Multivitamins and Primary Prevention of Birth Defects....Pages 351-371
Nutritional Prevention of DNA Damage to Sperm and Consequent Risk Reduction in Birth Defects and Cancer in Offspring....Pages 373-385
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Maternal Nutrition and Preterm Delivery....Pages 387-404
Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids for Optimal Neurodevelopment....Pages 405-421
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
Potential Benefits of Preventive Nutrition Strategies....Pages 423-440
Nutrient Addition to Foods....Pages 441-454
Nutrition and Food Policy in Norway....Pages 455-469
Prevention of Pediatric Obesity....Pages 471-486
Front Matter....Pages N9-N9
Effect of Westernization of Nutritional Habits on Obesity in Latin America....Pages 487-503
Prevention of Malnutrition in Chile....Pages 505-522
Effects of Western Diet on Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases in Asia....Pages 523-535
Goals for Preventive Nutrition in Developing Countries....Pages 537-547
Nutrition-Related Resources....Pages 549-557
Back Matter....Pages 559-581