Authors:British Nutrition Foundation, Sara Stanner,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: nutrition, foundation, british, task, force, report, risk, disease, diet, emerging, cardiovascular, factors
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2005-05-27
List price: $104.99
ISBN-10: 1405101660
ISBN-13: 9781405101660
This important and timely book comprises the comprehensive and authoritative independent report of the British Nutrition Foundation Task Force on the link between emerging aspects of diet and cardiovascular disease, a major cause of early death and disability. Written by leading experts in the area, Cardiovascular Disease: Diet, Nutrition and Emerging Risk Factors looks further than the well recognised factors such as high blood cholesterol and smoking to identify and explore more subtle markers of risk. Chapters include coverage of novel lipid factors, vascular f
Author:
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FA
Keywords: food, nutrition, fao, paper, security, amp, impact, systems, developing, countries, globalization
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2005-03
List price: $53.00
ISBN-10: 925105228X
ISBN-13: 9789251052280
Author: Catherine G. R. Jackson
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: nutrition, sport, amp, athlete, strength, exercise
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2000-11-21
List price: $139.95
ISBN-10: 0849381983
ISBN-13: 9780849381980
Both strength training and weight training are recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as vital to a high quality of life. They are also of tremendous benefit to young, healthy adults and adults with or at risk for osteoporosis. Most information on nutrition and strength athletes, however, is scattered throughout pamphlet-type publications and magazines and tends to be written by individuals with little or no professional training in the field of nutrition. Nutrition and the Strength Athlete is an authoritative, scientifically based text that addresses virtually every aspect of n
Author: Mark Lucock
Publisher: Wiley-Liss
Keywords: nutrition, humankind, ascent, genomics, molecular
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2007-07-09
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0470081597
ISBN-13: 9780470081594
This fascinating book draws it subject matter from a range of relevant disciplines that extend from molecular nutrition, nutritional sciences, and nutrition dietetics through to genetics, genomics, and anthropology. It presents a vital portrait of the absolutely fundamental role that nutrition has played and continues to play in shaping who and what human beings are, as well as where they evolved from, and where they may be heading as a species. Molecular Nutrition: Nutrition and the Evolution of Humankind: Blends coverage of the molecular mechanisms that underpin nutrient-ge
Author: Linda Snetselaar
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Keywords: nutrition, process, care, skills, counseling
Number of Pages: 494
Published: 2008-06-19
List price: $77.95
ISBN-10: 0763729604
ISBN-13: 9780763729608
Through appropriate counseling and intervention, nutritionists play an important role in encouraging clients to make and maintain dietary changes. Nutrition Counseling Skills for the Nutrition Care Process provides the latest counseling theory and communication techniques for clinical and community settings. The Fourth Edition focuses on tailoring intervention strategies to a client s dietary needs through effective interviewing, assessing, and counseling. This revision of a popular text addresses nutrition counseling for conditions such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, renal disease, hype
Author: Jamie S. Ruud
Publisher: CRC-Press
Keywords: nutrition, sport, amp, athlete, female, exercise
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1996-10-05
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0849379172
ISBN-13: 9780849379178
Whether you exercise for fun, or in competitive situations, you should understand the important role nutrition plays in fitness. This useful new text focuses on nutrition as it specifically relates to female athletes. It addresses topics of major importance to women in sports, coaches, trainers, sports nutritionists, and physicians. Each chapter is a "mini-course" on a particular aspect of nutrition. Subjects include the nutritional practices of female athletes; the requirements for carbohydrates, proteins, and fats; details on vitamins and minerals, with special emphasis on the nutrients of i
Author: Richard D. Semba
Publisher: Humana Press
Keywords: nutrition, health, ophthalmology, handbook
Number of Pages: 689
Published: 2007-08-14
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 1588291960
ISBN-13: 9781588291967
The Handbook of Nutrition in Ophthalmology is the first general text on nutrition and eye health created for physicians, nutritionists, and researchers. Dr. Richard D. Semba provides important links between the epidemic of obesity and implications it has for eye disease and blindness. The volume addresses three broad themes throughout. The first is that a healthy diet as a major lifelong habit will likely have an impact on reducing a substantial portion of visual impairment and blindness. The second is that a historical perspective is essential to understanding current challenges in ophthalmol
