Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks

by Committee on Nutrient Relationships in S, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Nutrient Relationships in Seafood: Selections to Balance Benefits and Risks, et al.

The fragmented information that consumers receive about the nutritional value and health risks associated with fish and shellfish can result in confusion or misperceptions about these food sources. Consumers are therefore confronted with a dilemma: they are told that seafood is good for them and should be consumed in large amounts, while at the same time the federal government and most states have issued advisories urging caution in the consumption...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309102189
• ISBN13: 9780309102186
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"