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Nutrition in public health : principles, policies, and practice
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Nutrition in public health : principles, policies, and practice

Author: Arlene J Spark
Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Nutrition plays a key role in many areas of public health, such as pre-term delivery, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular and renal diseases. This book focuses on nutrition issues in the  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Arlene J Spark
ISBN: 9780849314735 0849314739
OCLC Number: 81150361
Description: 552 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Nutrition in public health --
Preventing disease or promoting health? --
The U.S. population --
looking forward from the past --
Nutritional epidemiology --
Food and nutrition surveys for monitoring the public's health --
Prevalence of diet-related chronic diseases: disparities and programs to reduce them --
Weight control: challenges and solutions --
Special populations --
Cultural competence --
Food and nutrition politics, policy, and legislation --
Food and nutrition guidance --
Food and nutrition assessment of the community --
Promoting food security --
Social marketing and other mass communication techniques --
Food safety and defense --
Grants to support initiatives in public health nutrition.
Responsibility: Arlene Spark.
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