Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Nutrition

Scientific evidence accumulated over decades validates the idea that a plant-based dietary pattern, such as the traditional Mediterranean way of eating, promotes health and plays an important role in risk reduction and prevention of several chronic diseases. One of the great advantages of the Mediterranean diet is that it can be easily adopted by other cultures because it is flexible and highly palatable. The Mediterranean Way of Eating: Evidence for Chronic Disease Prevention and Weight Management offers evidence-based information about an enjoyable, healthy way of eating that has...

Providing a nuanced study of the connections between sleep, circadian rhythms, and metabolis, this informative book examines how circadian actions affect the liver and adipose tissue, the brain, and metabolism. This important book introduces the reader to circadian rhythms in the body and the external cues which set them, discusses on a molecular and organ level how disrupting these clocks results in metabolic and sleep disorders, and looks at the clinical applications of circadian rhythms, with a focus on sleep.

The role of lipids in nutrition science has evolved considerably in the past decade with new concepts following new discoveries. Lipids: Nutrition and Health reviews the role of dietary lipids in maintaining health, bringing the latest knowledge from a myriad of sources into one convenient resource. Taking a combined approach that integrates lipid nutrition with normal physiology and clinical applications, the book presents a detailed account of the nutritional aspects of all types of lipids fatty acids, triacylglycerols, phospholipids, sphingolipids, sterols, and fat-soluble...

Climate changes will affect food production in a number of ways. Crop yields, aquatic populations and forest productivity will decline, invasive insect and plant species will proliferate and desertification, soil salinization and water stress will increase. Each of these impacts will decrease food and nutrition security, primarily by reducing access to and availability of food, and also by increasing the risk of infectious disease.

Although increased biofuel demand has the potential to increase incomes among producers, it can also negatively affect food and nutrition security. Land...

Erfolgreiche Adipositaschirurgie beginnt bereits vor dem operativen Eingriff und setzt sich nach der Operation als lebenslange Nachsorge fort. Vom ersten Kontakt im Adipositaszentrum an begleiten die Case Manager die Patienten, sie motivieren sie zur Einhaltung der Ernahrungsplane, beraten sie in zahlreichen Alltagsaspekten und unterstutzen sie bei den erforderlichen Antragen und Formularen.

Die Autorinnen haben ein praxisorientiertes Beratungs- und Betreuungsmanual verfasst, das auf den Erfahrungen aus zwei etablierten Adipositaszentren basiert:

• Hintergrundwissen und...