Diet and health: Implications for reducing chronic disease risk. Committee on Diet and Health, National Research Council, xiv + 768 pp. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. 1989, $49.95 (cloth)
✍ Scribed by Stanley M. Garn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-0533
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✦ Synopsis
much passive smokers resemble their smoking spouses in cardiovascular and respiratory-disease morbidity and mortality.)
Beyond the first 5 methodological chapters, there are 20 substantive chapters, first relating to "dietary components" and then to diet and chronic disease, as follows: 6 Calories: Total macronutrient intake, energy expenditure, and net energy stores, 7 Fats and other lipids, 8 Protein, 9 Carbohydrates, 10 Dietary fiber, 11 Fat-soluble vitamins, 12 Water-soluble vitamins, 13 Minerals, 14 Trace elements, 15 Electrolytes, 16 Alcohol, 17 Coffee, tea, and other nonnutritive dietary components, 18 Dietary supplements, 19 Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, 20 Hypertension, 21 Obesity and eating disorders, 22 Cancer, 23 Osteoporosis, 24 Diabetes mellitus, 25 Hepatobiliary disease, and 26 Dental caries. Then follow the conclusions (chapter 271, recommendations (chapter 281, and a 36-page triple-column index.
This book is a splendid source of references, section by section, as many as 1,120 in a single chapter, and of conventional consensus wisdom, disease by disease. More to the