Preventive Nutrition: The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals

The most comprehensive and up-to-date review of the nutritional strategies available for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health through nutrition. This new edition of over 900 pages combines fully updated versions of the best chapters of the first two editions with updated critical chapters from the much-praised Primary and Secondary Preventive Nutrition, and adds16 new chapters to Preventive Nutrition, Second Edition. All new reviews cover lycopene, tomatoes and prostate cancer, soy and cancer prevention, the effects of dietary supplement use on prescription drugs, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and balanced, data-driven reviews of the effects of antioxidant supplements on health outcomes, and more. Of special interest are the new chapters as well as the extensively revised chapters on drug/nutrient interactions, health economics, nutraceuticals, Federal Drug Administration regulations for supplements, carotenoids, the elderly, children, diet and cancer risk, obesity as a chronic disease, diabetes, and immune function. By synthesizing the latest data and integrating it into the broad body of existing information, this book provides in-depth guidance on nutrition and the prevention of cancer, cardiovascular disease, bone diseases, obesity, and diabetes, and on achieving optimal pregnancies and birth outcomes. A major unique feature is the inclusion of chapters that describe examples of nutrition intervention strategies that actually improved the health of nations, such as in Norway and Chile, and that critically analyze the health effects of Western diets in Asia. The potential economic benefits of implementing preventive nutrition strategies are also described.

"Preventive Nutrition, 2nd edition has expanded to keep abreast of recent developments in nutritional sciences, is an extremely important and timely resource for physicians and other health professionals to seek valuable nutritional information. . .[It} encompasses a broad range of topics, from cancer and cardiovascular disease to infectious disease in children, and from reproductive and prenatal nutrition to global public health nutrition strategies. This book is notable not only for its comprehensiveness but also its up-to-date scientific information. . .Many cutting-edge developments in nutrition and health are reviewed in detail. . .This book gives careful consideration to practical dietary recommendations for all relevant nutritional factors. . .The integration of theory and practice will undoubtedly benefit physicians and other health professionals in achieving a deeper understanding of nutritional sciences and providing dietary counseling. Drs. Bendich and Deckelbaum are to be commended for Preventive Nutrition, 2nd edition, which remains the most comprehensive and up-to-date textbook in the field."-Foreword by Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health, and JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

"This book is recommended for the health professional as a readable, concise resource for up-to-date information."-American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

"...an outstanding book...a very important contribution that will be of great value to many healthcare workers in the US and abroad." 4 Stars!
-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

"Scientists and clinicians in the field of nutrition and related fields must own this book to have a truly complete library...provides a valuable resource to assess the latest thinking about a nutrient and health-risk reduction."
-American Scientist

"...an excellent source for the health care practitioner who wants to more clearly understand all the pertinent issues in nutrition as they relate to the current health of his or her patients." -Journal of the American College of Nutrition

"...an excellent resource for public health professionals looking for accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive information on current research and recommendations on nutrition in the prevention of disease and disability."
-Canadian Journal of Public Health

"...highly recommended..." -Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Reviews of the first edition:
"...an excellent source for the healthcare practitioner who wants to more clearly understand all the pertinent issues in nutrition as they relate to the current health of his or her patients...strongly recommend[ed] to anyone in the field of primary care or nutrition...for...quick reference." -Journal of the American College of Nutrition

"...easy to read...It could provide invaluable information to those developing nutrition intervention strategies and would make an invaluable resource to seek and purchase for reference libraries." -Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

"...this book is highly recommended, not only for its practical and objective coverage of many important nutritional and health issues, but also for the concise summaries and specific recommendations on them at the end of each chapter." -Food and Nutrition Bulletin

"This book should appeal to a broad audience of nutritionists, dietitians, healthcare providers, educators, and a substantial number of the lay public...The chapters generally have an abundance of tables and a modest number of figures that summarize the findings of a large number of scientific investigations....This is an outstanding book....It is a very important contribution that will be of great value to many healthcare workers in the U.S. and abroad. It serves as a milepost of important nutritional measures for the prevention of chronic disease."4 STARS-Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal

"...an excellent resource for public health professionals looking for accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive information on current research and recommendations on nutrition in the prevention of disease and disability." -Canadian Journal of Public Health

"...an important resource for physicians interested in nutrition...provides a scientific basis to evaluate the health claims of nutritional products [and] answer the nutritional inquiries of patients...nothing quite like it in scope and achievement for dealing with preventive nutrition." -Endocrinologist

"...should find a place on the bookshelves of all health profesionals who recognise the role of diet in health promotion; in particular, dieticians, nutritionists and medical practitioners who are regularly faced with questions on nutrition and disease prevention." -South African Medical Journal

"This book is successful in providing up-to-date, evidence-based, and thorough reviews of the nutrition topics that are covered...an educator, researcher, or practitioner who wants a very detailed summary of selected preventive nutrition topics will appreciate the in-depth nature of this book." - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

From the reviews of the third edition:

"This book, the 3rd in the series, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the nutritional strategies available for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health through nutrition. The book, which is intended as a guide for health professionals, contains 37 chapters grouped into 9 sections ... . The book is also accompanied by a value-added CD-ROM that contains an Adobe eBook version of the volume." (Food Science and Technology Abstracts, July, 2005)