Cardiovascular disease : diet, nutrition and emerging risk factors : the report of a British Nutrition Foundation task force / chaired by Keith Frayn ; edited by Sara Stanner
Published
Oxford, UK ; Ames, Iowa, USA : Published by Blackwell Pub. for the British Nutrition Foundation, 2005
The aetiology and epidemiology of cardiovascular disease / Keith Frayn and Sara Stanner -- Metabolic syndrome: insulin resistance, obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, physical activity and genetic factors / Simon Coppack, Vidya Mohamed-Ali, and Fredrik Karpe -- Lipid-related factors / Fredrik Karpe -- Endothelial dysfunction / Naveed Sattar and Gordon Ferns -- Oxidative stress / K. Richard Bruckdorfer -- The haemostatic system: coagulation, platelets and fibrinolysis / George Miller and K. Richard Bruckdorfer
Inflammation-related factors / Parveen Yaqoob and Gordon Ferns -- Homocysteine / Robert Clarke -- Adipoes tissue-derived factors / Vidya Mohamed-Ali and Simon Coppack -- Fetal and maternal nutrition / Caroline Fall -- Diet and cardiovascular disease: where are we now? / Judith Buttriss -- Physical activity: where are we now? / Judith Buttriss and Adrianne Hardman -- A public health approach to cardiovascular disease risk reduction / Judith Buttriss
Summary
This important and timely book comprises the comprehensive and authoritative independent report of the British Nutrition Foundation Task Force on the link between emerging aspects of diet and cardiovascular disease, a major cause of early death and disability
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-370) and index
