Pocket Primer for Nutritional Health

This book presents on topics where there is much interest and where there have been important developments in recent years for the field of nutrition. Spanning 15 chapters, this book will cover research methods in nutrition; phytochemicals in health and the prevention of disease; obesity, its causes and effective treatments including diet, surgery, and drugs; coronary heart disease and the role of diet; ultra-processed foods and their relationship to health and disease; healthy alternatives to the Western diet including the Mediterranean diet, the DASH diet, and vegetarian diets; health promotion and the importance of government policy; front-of pack food labels; genomics including genomic medicine; microbiome including the potential value of prebiotics; sustainable foods including aspects of climate change relevant to food; and the food industry. Pocket Primer for Nutritional Health is great for nutrition researchers, nutrition professors, dietitians, and can be used for senior undergrad and grad courses.