Diet, nutrition & chronic disease : lessons from contrasting worlds
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Bibliographic Information
Diet, nutrition & chronic disease : lessons from contrasting worlds
Wiley, c1997
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Diet, nutrition, and chronic disease
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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"London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Sixth Annual Public Health Forum."
Proceedings of the Sixth London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Public Health Forum, held Mar. 31-Apr. 3, 1996 in London
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
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.
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