Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease

Carol J. Boushey, Ann M. Coulston, Cheryl L. Rock, Elaine Monsen

Elsevier, Aug 22, 2001 - Medical - 801 pages

As we enter the 21st century, a new era of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease emerges. Clinical nutrition involves the integration of diet, genetics, environment, and behavior promoting health and well being throughout life. Expertly edited, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease provides overall perspective and current scientifically supported evidence through in-depth reviews, key citations, discussions, limitations, and interpretations of research findings.

This comprehensive reference integrates basic principles and concepts across disciplines and areas of research and practice, while detailing how to apply this knowledge in new creative ways. Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease is an essential part of the tool chest for clinical nutritionists, physicians, nurse practitioners, and dieticians in this new era of practice. This book prepares the clinical nutrition investigator or practitioner for a life-long commitment to learning.

CONTAINS INFORMATION ON:
* Diet assessment methodologies
* Strategies for diet modification
* Clinical status of herbals, botanicals, and modified food products
* Preventing common diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and breast cancer through nutrition
* The Importance of genetic factors
* Understanding of cultural and socio-economic influences on eating and exercise behaviors and integrating that knowledge with biological or functional markers of disease

Contents

• DiseaseSpecific Intervention Prevention and Treatment: 277
• Epilogue: 773
• Index: 775

About the author

Carol J. Boushey, PHD, MPH, RD, is an Associate Researcher in the Epidemiology Program of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and an Adjunct Professor in the Nutrition Science Department at Purdue University. Her research includes dietary assessment methods, dietary patterns, and quantitative methods. At the Cancer Center, she directs the Nutrition Shared Resource. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Nutrition Committee of the American Heart Association.

Ann M. Coulston, MS, RD, has a more than 20-year history of clinical research at Stanford University Medical Center where her research centered on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, the nutritional management of diabetes, and insulin resistance. She has provided nutrition consultation to the food and healthcare industry, public relations firms, and Internet companies. She is past-president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association) and has been recognized by the American Dietetic Association Foundation for excellence in the practice of clinical nutrition and the practice of research.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease
• Editors: Carol J. Boushey, Ann M. Coulston, Cheryl L. Rock, Elaine Monsen
• Publisher: Elsevier, 2001
• ISBN: 0080497543, 9780080497549
• Length: 801 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Nutrition; Medical / Oncology; Medical / Public Health; Science / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology; Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General; Technology & Engineering / Food Science / General; Technology & Engineering / Industrial Health & Safety