Environmental Exposures and Noncommunicable Diseases

ISBN-13: 9786205795835 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str.

Jorge Octavio Acosta Montes; Blanca Gladiana Beltrán Piña; Mariana Cardona Mejía

Opis

This publication provides evidence and information on how in recent decades the increase in the incidence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, arterial hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular problems, among others, has been associated to some environmental exposures. The book starts from the contextualization of environmental health to the orientation on some recommendations for the mitigation of the negative effects that result in a better prevention and control of these diseases.

O autorze

The authors of the present work are university professors and researchers in Health Sciences, their area of specialization is Clinical Nutrition and Non-Communicable Diseases, associated with lifestyle risk factors, such as those of dietary, environmental and occupational origin.