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Research has shown that optimum maternal and child nutrition can reduce the incidence of chronic conditions ranging from obesity, food allergy and asthma, to cardiovascular disease and cancers. This exciting book, edited by Fiona Dykes and Victoria Hall Moran and with a...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-08-14
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Specialist dietitians, Isabel Skypala and Carina Venter assemble a team of expert authors to separate fact from fiction and provide the reader with an authoritative and practical guide to handling the difficult issue of food hypersensitivity. Offering advice for...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-06-01
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Learning how to deal with actual cases and developing the ability to arrive at a reasoned clinical judgement are important parts of a student's training. This unique text presents a series of clinical cases of increasing complexity and range. Readers are taken through...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-03-16
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The importance of good nutrition for individual health and well-being is widely recognized, yet for a significant number of people who rely on institutions for food and nutrition, this importance has not always been a primary consideration. People, therefore, may find...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
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Eggs and Health Promotion provides up-to-date research on the use of eggs in human health. This single, convenient reference deals with the role of eggs in diet, nutrition, and disease. The book also includes current scientific data on the use of eggs to produce and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-06-02
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Drawing on the author's extensive and varied research, this book provides readers with a firm grounding in the concepts and issues across several disciplines including economics, nutrition, psychology and public health in the hope of improving the design of food...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-05-15
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This volume examines obesity disorders which can lead to diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia. It offers an interdisciplinary and international look at all aspects of the origins, consequences and treatment of obesity.
Editeur :
Wiley
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2008-04-30
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Novartis Foundation Symposia
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Discovering Nutrition offers a concise look at the science of nutrition through the lens of today's issues and hot topics. In this compact, accessible overview, the central topics and scientific building blocks of nutrition are emphasized. The book follows the "life and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Continuing accumulation of scientific evidence demonstrates that nutrition is one of the most important determinants of health for the individual, and that specific nutrition habits of various populations can significantly decrease the overall risk of several chronic...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Arthritis affects millions of people throughout the world and while its treatment is usually medical or surgical, there exists an increasingly large body of evidence concerning the positive effects of nutrition on the condition. There are over two hundred forms of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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The study of nutritional supplements has become increasingly important within orthodox establishments throughout the world, and as the market for these products continues to grow, so does the need for comprehensive scientifically sound information about the products,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Stroke is a common and devasting event, which often results in death or major loss of independence, with immense human and financial costs. In the developed world stroke accounts for around 10 per cent of all deaths and is the most important single cause of severe...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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This single-source reference draws together the current knowledge of the vitamins’ biological properties in the context of human nutrition. Vitamins are co-enzymes, antioxidants or precursors of hormones and are therefore involved in a great many biochemical and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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The Nutritional Trace Metals covers the roles played by trace metals in human metabolism, a relatively neglected area of human metabolism and nutrition.The book focuses its attention on the vital roles played by the relatively small number of trace metal nutrients as...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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This important and extremely interesting book is a serious scientific and authoritative overview of the implications of drinking beer as part of the human diet. Coverage includes a history of beer in the diet, an overview of beer production and beer compositional...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Report of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Task Force Chairman of the Task Force: Professor Malcolm Jackson, University of Liverpool Plants: Diet and Health is an extremely timely publication comprising the comprehensive and authoritative independent report of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
British Nutrition Foundation
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Cancer is a leading cause of death among adults but research shows that the chances of developing cancer can be reduced by lifestyle changes. Increasing numbers of people use dietary vegetables, medicinal herbs, and plant extracts to prevent or treat cancer. Their...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-02-28
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