An international panel of physicians, pediatricians, immunologists, and public health nutritionists concisely review for front-line health care providers and researchers the practical aspects related to evaluating nutrition and immunology in the field. Here, the busy physician and investigator will quickly find a clear and up-to-date understanding of the essential immunological facts in adult and child nutrition. Citing the latest research findings, the authors explain the role of nutrition in the case of current health issues, such as HIV, malaria, food allergies, diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, and the impact of macro- and micronutrient deficiencies, dietary fat, and antioxidants on immune status. A compact disk accompanies the book for downloading an ebook version to the reader's PC or PDA. Comprehensive and holistic, the Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity illuminates for busy health care providers and scientists the interaction and linkages between nutrition and immunology and provides an up-to-date understanding of the practical problems associated with evaluating nutritional and immune status in the field.

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Several years ago, two of us published a full-length textbook entitled Nutrition and Immunology: Principles and Practice. The book was aca­ demically successful and well received by our peers. Our colleagues commented that while the book was eminently suitable for a library, there was still an intellectual need for a more concise volume on nutrition and immunology for health care providers and scientists working at the inter­ face of delivering therapeutic and/or preventive health care. We agreed and decided that a book focused on issues relevant to laboratory workers and to developing countries would be valuable. We invited well-known experts in their fields to contribute a chapter each and asked that they err on the short rather than the long side and update cited review articles rather than original papers wherever possible. The Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity is the culmination of that process. Our intention is that the book will grow over time and new editions will fill identified voids that meet the changing needs of health care providers and scientists interested in the practical aspects related to evaluating nutrition and immunology in the field. The Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity is for those people working in both adult and child nutrition throughout the world. It is also of relevance to those in the pharmaceutical and the food industry who are interested in developing ways to evaluate both the efficacy and effective­ ness of their products.

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Evaluation of the Immune Function in the Nutritionally At-Risk Patient
Carlo Selmi, Pietro Invernizzi, Massimo Zuin, Aftab A. Ansari, and M. Eric Gershwin

The Field Assessment of Nutrition
Michael K. Hendricks and Greg Hussey

The Pregnant and Lactating Woman
Rachel Gitau and Suzanne Filteau

Severe Undernutrition and Immunity
Alan A. Jackson and Philip C. Calder

Infection, Immunity, and Vitamins
Usha Ramakrishnan, Amy L. Webb, and Karen Ologoudou

Trace Elements/Minerals and Immunity
Carl L. Keen, Janet Y. Uriu-Adams, Jodi L. Ensunsa, and M. Eric Gershwin

Dietary Fat and Immunity in Humans
Kent L. Erickson, Darshan S. Kelley, and Neil E. Hubbard

Allergies and Nutrition
Christopher Chang

Antioxidant Nutrition and Immunity
Laurence S. Harbige and M. Eric Gershwin

Probiotics and Prebiotics
Andrea T. Borchers, Carl L. Keen, and M. Eric Gershwin

Malaria and Immunity
Clara Menéndez and Carlota Dobaño

Acute Respiratory Infections
Ian D. Riley

Diarrhea and Other Gastrointestinal Diseases
Douglas L. Taren

HIV
Annamaria Kiure and Wafaie Fawzi

Summary and Future Directions
Penelope Nestel and Ritu Nalubola

Index