Nutritional Health

Methods in nutrition research.- Challenges in research in nutritional epidemiology.- Eating disorders.- The developmental origins of chronic disease in adult life.- The nutrition transition is speeding up: a global perspective.- Medical nutrition therapy for diabetes. Prioritizing recommendations based on evidence.- Diet and the prevention of type 2 diabetes.- Diet in the prevention and treatment of obesity.- Diet, the control of blood lipids, and the prevention of heart disease.- Fish, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease.- Hypertension and nutrition.- Diet, physical activity, and cancer prevention.- Health benefits of phytochemicals in whole foods.- Food synergy: a paradigm shift in nutrition science.- What are the health implications of alcohol consumption?.- Health claims and dietary recommendations for nonalcoholic beverages.- Trends in dietary recommendations: nutrient intakes, dietary guidelines, food guides, food labels, and dietary supplements.- Population nutrition and health promotion.- Optimizing nutrition for exercise and sports.- The marketing of dietary supplements: profit before health.- Functional food in the marketplace: new products, availability, and implications for the consumer.- Food industry and political influences on American nutrition.- Nutrition policy by governments for the prevention of disease: issues of cost-effectiveness.- Use of biotechnology to improve food production and nutritional value.- Core concepts in nutritional anthropology.- Postscript.Strategic nutrition: a vision for the twenty-first century.