Nutritional Epidemiology. 2nd Edition

by Walter C. Willett

Book Overview

This guide is intended for those who wish to understand the complex relationships between diet and the major diseases of western civilization, such as cancer and atherosclerosis. It is aimed both at researchers engaged in the unraveling of these complex associations and at readers of the rapidly multiplying and often confusing scholarly literature on the subject.
The author starts with an overview of research strategies in nutritional epidemiology--a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195122976
• ISBN13: 9780195122978
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.1" x 7.0"

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Nutrition in the relm of epidemiology

Amidst the fanciful claims for the health impact of diets and nutritional supplements some reason and science must prevail. In "Nutritional Epidemiology", Walter Willett has updated the substantial contribution to this task made by the 1st edition of his book. Topics covered include approaches to diet assessment in individuals and populations, pitfalls of diet questionaires and other measures of nutritional status and the evidence for a role of diet in a range of disease states. This comprehensive review of the art and science of dietary assessment is of great value to readers from a broad range of scientific and medical backgrounds.