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A comprehensive and up-to-date reference for a wide audience. Its scope ranges from malnutrition as...
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A comprehensive and up-to-date reference for a wide audience. Its scope ranges from malnutrition as a major cause of premature death in developing countries, to the role of nutritional etiologies in premature death in developed countries, including cardiovascular disease and cancer. Dietary fat, antioxidant vitamins, folic acid, alcohol, omega 3 fatty acids, and other nutrients are reviewed in detail, as are the effects of pediatric and adult obesity; major nutritional causes of morbidity, including age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, osteoporosis, and birth defects; and public health applications, goals, and strategies for developed and developing nations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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