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almafu_9958126639902883
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1 online resource (297 p.)
ISBN:
0-323-15717-3
Content:
Nutrition Longevity, and Aging
Note:
"Proceedings of a symposium on nutrition, longevity, and aging held in Miami, Florida, February 26-27, 1976."
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Front Cover; Nutrition, Longevity, and Aging; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION: FOOD FOR THOUGHT; CHAPTER 2. NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ELDERLY AN OVERVIEW; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. THE ROLE OF NUTRITION IN HUMAN AGING; DIABETES; OBESITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CANCER; PHYSICAL FITNESS; BONE DENSITY; ECONOMICS AND DIET; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. BIOCHEMICAL IMPACT OF NUTRITION ON THE AGING PROCESS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. NUTRITION'S IMPACT ON THE AGED OF TODAY; III. OPTIMUM NUTRITION DOES PAY OFF
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IV. DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH CONTINUESV. GREAT POTENTIAL FOR RESEARCH ON MECHANISMS; VI. RESEARCH IN COOPERATION WITH THE AGED OF TODAY; VII. PAYOFF OF NUTRITION-HEALTH-AGING TRIAD RESEARCH ASSURED; VIII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. PROTEIN METABOLISM AND NEEDS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE; INTRODUCTION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM AND AGING WITH REFERENCE TO PLASMA AMINO ACIDS; BODY PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF NUTRITION AND LONGEVITY IN ANIMALS; REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 7. THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF VITAMINS IN THE AGING PROCESSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. AGING AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: INTERACTIONS WITH DIET,HEREDITY, AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; INDIVIDUALIZED RISK FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION TRIALS; THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENETICS OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN CORONARY HEART DISEASE; DIETARY INTERVENTION STUDIES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF STROKE, PARTICULARLY IN THE ELDERLY; REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 10. THE ROLE OF NUTRITION TO DIABETES IN RELATION TO AGEACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. NUTRITION, AGING AND OBESITY; ANIMAL STUDIES: RETARDATION OF GROWTH PRODUCED BY RESTRICTION OF FOOD INTAKE BEGINNING EARLY IN LIFE; ANIMAL STUDIES: RESTRICTION OF FOOD INTAKE BEGINNING AFTER THE ATTAINMENT OF MATURITY; ANIMAL STUDIES: DIETARY SELF-SELECTION; HUMAN STUDIES: RELATIONSHIP OF OBESITY TO CORONARY RISK FACTORS; HUMAN STUDIES: RESULTS OF EFFORTS AT WEIGHT REDUCTION; HUMAN STUDIES: EFFECTS OF DIETARY CHANGES UPON THE HEALTH OF PERSONS IN AN OLD AGE HOME; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-591656-6
Language:
English
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