In Preventive Nutrition leading medical authorities and clinicians comprehensively review and critically assess the newest nutritional approaches to preventing or delaying disease processes. Along the way these distinguished scientists develop specific nutrient recommendations and illuminate not only the relationship between diet on the one hand and cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes on the other, but also the dietary prevention of cataracts, osteoporosis, and immune dysfunction. In addition they examine the exciting current research linking nutritional status with the prevention of birth defects, as well as with the optimization of the health and intellectual capacity of children. Their pathbreaking reviews clearly spell out the public health implications of preventive nutrition strategies for the US and Europe, as well as emerging nations and developing countries worldwide.

Preventive Nutrition will immediately become today's single most comprehensive resource for health professionals seeking to improve individual health outcomes through nutrition. The book will also play a key role in helping to design better national and local disease prevention programs that will enhance the health status of individuals and populations at large.

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Leading medical authorities and clinicians comprehensively review and critically assess the newest nutritional approaches to preventing or delaying disease processes to create the single most comprehensive resource for health professionals seeking to improve individual health outcomes through nutrition. Along the way these distinguished scientists develop specific nutrient recommendations and illuminate not only the relationship between diet on the one hand and cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes on the other, but also the dietary prevention of cataracts, osteoporosis, and immune dysfunction. In addition, they examine the exciting current research linking nutritional status with the prevention of birth defects, as well as with the optimization of the health and intellectual capacity of children. Their pathbreaking reviews clearly spell out the public health implications of preventive nutrition strategies for the US and Europe, as well as emerging nations and developing countries worldwide.

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Foreword, Charles H. Hennekens and JoAnn E. Manson. Part I. Public Health Implications of Preventive Nutrition. Public Health Implications of Preventive Nutrition, Jeffrey B. Blumberg. A. Cancer Prevention. Diet and Childhood Cancer: Preliminary Evidence, Greta R. Bunin and Joan M. Cary. Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers, Elizabeth T. H. Fontham. Diet and Nutrition in the Etiology and Primary Prevention of Colon Cancer, Roberd M. Bostick. Nutrition and Breast Cancer, Geoffrey R. Howe. Preventive Nutrition and Lung Cancer, George W. Comstock and Kathy J. Helzlsouer. Nonnutritive Components in Foods as Modifiers of the Cancer Process, John A. Milner. B. Cardiovascular Disease. Dietary Fat and Coronary Heart Disease, K. C. Hayes. Antioxidant Vitamins and Cardiovascular Disease, Julie E. Buring and J. Michael Gaziano. Iron and Heart Disease: A Review of the Epidemiologic Data, Christopher T. Sempos, Richard F. Gillum, and Anne Condon Looker. Homocysteine, Folic Acid, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Shirley A. A. Beresford and Carol J. Boushey. Omega-3 Fatty Acids from Fish: Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, William E. Connor and Sonja L. Connor. Part II. Prevention of Major Disabilities. A. Cataracts and Macular Degeneration. The Relationship Between Nutritional Factors and Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Shirley Hung and Johanna M. Seddon. Antioxidant Status and Risk for Cataract, Allen Taylor and Paul F. Jacques. B. Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis: Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Micronutrients, Robert P. Heaney. C. Immune Function. Antioxidant Nutrients and Prevention of Oxidant-Mediated, Smoking-Related Diseases, Ronald Anderson. Micronutrients and Immunity in Older People, John D. Bogden and Donald B. Louria. Impact of Vitamin A on Immunity and Infection in Developing Countries, Richard D. Semba. Part III. Optimal Birth Outcomes. Folic Acid-Containing Multivitamins and Primary Prevention of Birth Defects, Andrew E. Czeizel. Nutritional Prevention of DNA Damage to Sperm and Consequent Risk Reduction in Birth Defects and Cancer in Offspring, Alan A. Woodall and Bruce N. Ames. Maternal Nutrition and Preterm Delivery, Theresa O. Scholl and Mary L. Hediger. Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids for Optimal Neurodevelopment: Recommendations for Perinatal Nutrition, Ricardo Uauy-Dagach, Patricia Mena, and Patricio Peirano. Part IV. Benefits of Preventive Nutrition in the United States and Europe. Potential Benefits of Preventive Nutrition Strategies: Lessons for the United States, Walter C. Willett. Nutrient Addition to Foods: The Public Health Impact in Countries with Rapidly Westernizing Diets, Paul A. Lachance. Nutrition and Food Policy in Norway: Effects on Reduction of Coronary Heart Disease, Kaare R. Norum, Lars Johansson, Grete Botten, Gunn-Elin Aa. Bjørneboe, and Arne Oshaug. Prevention of Pediatric Obesity: Examining the Issues and Forecasting Research Directions, Myles S. Faith, Angelo Pietrobelli, David B. Allison, and Steven B. Heymsfield. Part V. Implications of Preventive Nutrition for the Far East, South America, and Developing Areas. Effect of Westernization of Nutritional Habits on Obesity in Latin America: Recommendations for the Region, S. Jaime Rozowski and Manuel Moreno. Prevention of Malnutrition in Chile, Fernando Mönckeberg. Effects of Western Diet on Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases in Asia, Kaichi Kida, Takuo Ito, Sei Won Yang, and Vichai Tanphaichitr. Goals for Preventive Nutrition in Developing Countries, Osman M. Galal and Gail G. Harrison. Part VI. Nutrition-Related Resources. A. Books Related to Preventive Nutrition. B. Nutrition-Related Journals and Newsletters. Index.