| Description |
xvi, 74 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
1. Epidemiology -- 2. Pathology - events leading to coronary heart disease -- 3. Physiological risk factors -- 4. Uncontrollable factors -- 5. Dietary factors -- 6. The influence of dietary factors on different physiological risk factors -- 7. Interactions between dietary components and physiological risk factors -- 8. What dietary changes are necessary to reduce coronary heart disease? -- 9. Conclusions |
| Summary |
The second edition of this definitive, yet easily readable, treatise includes fully updated sections concerning the latest scientific advances relating to the physiological risk factors, and encompasses the influence of dietary factors upon these. Contents include coverage of epidemiology, pathology and a detailed discussion on dietary changes necessary to reduce heart disease, incorporating details of the 1994 COMA report on Diet and Cardiovascular Disease. The book will be an invaluable teaching and reference source for all students and professionals within the nutritional and medical communities and for all those concerned with matters relating to health and social policy |
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Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is a major cause of death in the Western World and increasingly elsewhere. The role of diet attracts enormous attention as one of the principal factors linked with the disorder. Diet and Heart Disease was originally published by the Foundation in 1993. The Round Table Model, which has received wide acclaim since it was first published, uses the original philosophy of King Arthur to illustrate that it is the integrated role of the whole diet which is important for CHD, as well as being the one component that can be modified by all |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [62]-68) and index |
| Subject |
Coronary heart disease -- Etiology.
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Coronary heart disease -- Nutritional aspects.
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Nutritionally induced diseases.
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Coronary Disease -- etiology.
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Diet -- adverse effects.
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| Author |
Ashwell, Margaret.
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British Nutrition Foundation.
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| LC no. |
96086099 |
| ISBN |
0412791307 |
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