Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 38,61 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309039940
Book Description
Diet and Health examines the many complex issues concerning diet and its role in increasing or decreasing the risk of chronic disease. It proposes dietary recommendations for reducing the risk of the major diseases and causes of death today: atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (including heart attack and stroke), cancer, high blood pressure, obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, liver disease, and dental caries.