The ageing process changes body composition and thus nutritional status changes as one gets older. At the same time the body becomes more susceptib...

The taking in and use of food and other nourishing material by the body. Nutrition is a 3-part process. First, food or drink is consumed. Second, t...

Nutraceuticals are established food components widely consumed as supplements to the diet, either as formulated products or for fortification of fo...

This book presents current research in the study of nutritional and physical education. Topics discussed include nutritional education in the workp...

Nutritional education programs have been implemented in the workplace and in schools in an effort to improve diet and lifestyle, and therefore, red...

Ageing induces a decrease in bone mass, and osteoporosis with its accompanying decrease in bone mass is widely recognised as a major public heath p...

A balanced and healthy diet is prerequisite for a good health and well-being. However, dietary natural or introduced components can contribute in h...

A balanced and healthy diet is prerequisite for good health and well-being. However, dietary natural or introduced components can contribute in hig...

Malnutrition is a serious problem amongst many sections of the population. Increases in morbidity and mortality, length of hospital stay and hence,...

Every day, people must make choices. Perhaps nothing is as important, however, as what people choose to eat or not eat. While hunger, whether it be...

The prevalence of obesity in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations has increased dramatically over the past 30 years. Although AIs are ...

Obesity is a major risk for both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globall...

This book presents and discusses research which examines how obstetric morbidities are associated with obesity, as well as the importance of this a...

States and communities are responding to the obesity epidemic in the United States by working to create environments that support healthy eating an...

Despite several improvements in risk assessment and exposure prevention, the occupational environment could expose workers to a wide variety of ris...

Occupational health and safety refers to the whole series of prevention measures and protection, technical measures, organisational solutions, and ...

The prevention, control, reduction and elimination of occupational hazards and risks are a continuous and ever-evolving concern. Occupational safet...

Through the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act or act), Congress sought a nationwide approach to regulating workplace accidents an...

Olives are one of the main cultivation crops across the Mediterranean region and have been occupying an essential part in the diet of people in add...

EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids are contained in oily fish, such as salmon, lake trout, tuna and herring. These fatty acids are not essential to th...

During the past decades, intensive collaborative research in the fields of chronic and acute inflammatory disorders has resulted in a better unders...

Compelling data shows cardiovascular beneficial effects in consuming fatty acids highly present in fish, such as omega 3, docosahexanoic acid (DHA ...

History has repeatedly taught us that diet-dependent nutrient deficiencies can cause a constellation of adverse symptoms (a syndrome) that are trea...

EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids are contained in oily fish, such as salmon, lake trout, tuna and herring. These fatty acids are not essential to th...

One Planet, One Health provides a multidisciplinary reflection on the state of our planet, human and animal health, as well as the critical effects...

Flavonoids and organosulfur compounds are the two major classes of secondary metabolites found in onions that are believed to play a role as health...

The primary aim of this book is to provide clear and concise explanations about all aspects of the medico-legal process for surgeons, other doctors...

The issue of living organ donation is important because it represents one important set of possibilities for balancing the needs of people seeking ...

While covering human history, civilization, and diseases to reveal why humans are sick with many ailments, this book provides the answers to the qu...

While covering human history, civilization, and diseases to reveal why humans are sick with many ailments, this book provides the answers to the qu...

Osteoporosis is likely to become one of the major health burdens of the coming decades. According to the American National Institute for Arthritis ...

What happens when the place you've loved working at for twenty years asks for a divorce and breaks your heart?"Tapping into her journalistic rigour...

This book presents and discusses current data on the topics of overweightness and walking. Angular momentum as a metric of human walking is discuss...

There is an emerging concept that nitric oxide (NO), its derivatives and reactive oxygen intermediates (ROS) are the major determinants of the invo...

This book represents current findings on the impact of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of diseases and underlying mechanisms of antioxidants i...

The VA/DoD published the first Clinical Practice Guideline for management of opioid therapy for chronic pain in 2003. This original publication was...

This book provides a new outlook on the practice of palliative care worldwide. All five continents are represented in this book by global leaders i...

A frank and amusing account of pandemics including covid-19. This book is incredibly timely .....The author has the surprising ability to grab the ...

According to WHO, a pandemic is the spread of a disease on a global scale. The globalization of the modern singular world has led to a dynamic deve...

This book uses unique dataset to examine parental influence on children's dietary intake and whether or not the children will become obese. The stu...

One of the most important objectives of health psychology is to promote people's mental health. Mental health is a decisive factor in the daily wel...

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is the feeding modality of choice for patients with non-functional gastrointestinal (GI) tracts who are unable to maintai...

What should Parliaments do about screening for AIDS and detecting genetic diseases? How do the media report and comment on information in this fiel...

Breathing other people's smoke is called passive, involuntary or second-hand smoking. The non-smoker breathes "sidestream" smoke from the burning t...