Overview

This book summarises the current state of the art of our understanding of the problem of non-communicable diseases and their primary prevention. It aims to increase international awareness of the global burden of non-communicable diseases and in particular to highlight the trends in developing countries; evaluates the impact of changes in diet, nutrition and lifestyle that predispose to chronic non-communicable diseases in modern societies; shares knowledge of the growing problems on non-communicable diseases and experiences related to its prevention between health professionals of developing and developed countries; identifies and prioritises major research issues and suggest strategies to deal with the global epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases.

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Author:   Prakash S. Shetty ,  Klim McPherson
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9780471971337

ISBN 10:   0471971332
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   26 March 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Overview of Diet-Related Non-Communicable Diseases. Prenatal Influences on Disease in Later Life. Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Migrants - Interactions Between Nutritional Changes and Genetic Background. Inequalities in Diet and Health Dietary Fats and Non-Communicable Diseases. Diet and Large Bowel Cancer. Interactions Between Diet and endogenous Hormones: Possible Role in Breast Cancer Assessing the Net Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Mortality. The Public Health Impact of Globalisation of Food Trade Some Aspects of Norwegian Nutrition and Food Policy Symposium: The Burgeoning Global Burden of Obesity. Workshop Reports Diet, Lifestyle and Chronic Disease: Lessons From Contrasting Worlds. Where Do We Go From Here in Public Health? Index.

Reviews

This book represents a well organized and edited report of the Sixth Annual Public Health Forum... (European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1999)

"""This book represents a well organized and edited report of the Sixth Annual Public Health Forum.... Surely, [the Forum] and this book...borrowing a sentence from the preface, have 'given a significant contribution to the...acceleration of action that is required to counter and reverse...diet-related NCD.'"" (European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1999)"

This book represents a well organized and edited report of the Sixth Annual Public Health Forum.... Surely, [the Forum] and this book...borrowing a sentence from the preface, have 'given a significant contribution to the...acceleration of action that is required to counter and reverse...diet-related NCD.' (European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1999)

Author Information

Prakash S. Shetty and Klim McPherson are the authors of Diet, Nutrition & Chronic Disease: Lessons from Contrasting Worlds, published by Wiley.

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