Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases
Series: B.R. Authorised Reprint Series Published by : World Health Organization and B.R Publishing Corporation (Geneva, Delhi) Physical details: 203
Subject(s):
Diet related chronic diseases, population perspective, changes in patterns of disease in relation to changes in diet- deficiency diseases, emerging diet-related chronic diseases, changes in human dietary pattern
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Summary of relationships between diet and chronic diseases : Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, obesity, non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, gallstones, dental caries, sugars and fluoride, osteoporosis, chronic liver and brain diseases and other effects of Alcohol, food contaminants, food additives, plant toxicants, marine biotoxin and mycotoxins in relation to chronic diseases, integrating information on nutritional and dietary relationships to disease, quantitative nutrient goals, their derivation and interpretation, nutrition and food policies- past experience and implications for action, experiences of promotion of healthy diets in some developed countries, food strategies in developing countries, examples of interventions by selected countries, attempts to promote healthy nutrition in modern context