This text stands alone as it provides the first authoritative review on the role of nutrition as it pertains to the IGF system. By taking a multidisciplinary approach, the importance of nutrition and the IGF system in the pathology and treatment of conditions such as diabetes, renal failure, inflammatory bowel diseases, critical illness, wasting disease, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disease and cancer are explored. Even for health professionals not directly involved in IGF research, the text contributes greatly to the understanding of the mechanisms of growth arrest and metabolic...