Children’s and teenage literature studies: general

This edited volume brings together a diverse group of environmental science, sustainability and health researchers to address the challenges posed by global mass poisoning caused by arsenic water contamination.

The seventh symposium on "e;Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis"e; continues to be the primary forum for scientists to focus on the impact of nutrition on bone health in general.

Arsenic contamination in drinking water and crops is a major health issue in many countries worldwide, threatening the health of millions of people due to arsenic's toxicity and carcinogenicity.

Lucy Pearson's lively and engaging book examines British children's literature during the period widely regarded as a 'second golden age'.

It is a commonly held belief that athletes, particularly body builders, have greater requirements for dietary protein than sedentary individuals.

In Building Materials, Health and Indoor Air Quality: Volume 2 Tom Woolley uses new research to continue to advocate for limiting the use of hazardous materials in construction and raise awareness of the links between pollutants found in building materials, poor indoor air quality and health problems.

This contributed volume offers and interdisciplinary view on several topics related to related to the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3).

All animals face the possibility of food limitation and ultimately starvation-induced mortality.

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The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, officially recognizing that various risk factors for disease are present in our environment, has proposed the concept of lifestyle-related diseases.

In this groundbreaking volume, Juan Jose Baldrich traces the deep changes affecting Puerto Rican tobacco growers and manufacturers and their export markets from the Spanish colonization of the island to the present.

Memorable children's narratives immerse readers in imaginary worlds that bring them into the story.

This book is an up-to-date reference on some of the major global health issues and the role of nutrition in their prevention and management.

Influence of Nutrients, Bioactive Compounds, and Plant Extracts in Liver Diseases provides evidence-based knowledge of the mechanism of action of natural compounds, as well as the relation of structure and function of phytochemicals in hepatitis B and C, fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, liver cancer, biliary cirrhosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

The trade conflicts that the EU has faced within the EU or WTO context demonstrate that the question of how to balance trade and other societal values in situations of uncertainty has not been solved by the regulatory model evolved by the EU in the aftermath of the BSE crisis - one which privileges processes of depoliticisation and scientification.

Winners of the most respected prizes in children's literature speak out in an exclusive collection of acceptance speeches, culled from the archives of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and The Horn Book magazine.

Functional foods are foods which contain bioactive components, either from plant or animal sources, which can have health benefits for the consumer over and above their nutritional value.

The main emphasis of this text is on the biochemistry, metabolism and systemic mode of action of vitamin A.

Total Diet Studies introduces the TDS concept to a wider audience and presents the various steps in the planning and implementation of a TDS.

Includes over 25 allergen-free recipes!

This book aims to give a contribution to a more comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of the cross-cutting issues on energy, environment and health research topics in the current world scenario, where nations all over the world are struggling to accomplish the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure sustainable patterns for all.

Het Informatorium voor voeding en diëtetiek is een systematisch naslagwerk met alles wat men moet weten op het gebied van voeding en diëtetiek.

Mapping of animal genomes has generated huge databases and several new concepts and strategies, which are useful to elucidate origin, evolution and phylogeny.

Vegan, glutenfrei oder doch lieber ohne Zucker?

This Handbook on cancer biology comprehensively reviews the current status of the oncobiology of major cancer types, cancer detection and treatment strategies, principles and processes of cancer drug development, and nanomedicine and other emerging cancer medicine applications to cancer diagnosis and treatment.

In The Children's Book Business, Lissa Paul constructs a new kind of book biography.

This volume discusses the reduction, recycling, and reuse of industrial and agricultural biomass wastes to develop value-added products using environmentally sustainable practices and technologies.

Drawing on empirical research, clinical case material and vivid examples from modern culture, The Psychology of Overeating demonstrates that overeating must be understood as part of the wider cultural problem of consumption and materialism.

Explains how to use your Taoist astrology birth chart as a personal nutritional guide for health, longevity, and organ energy balance *; Explores how to help balance your birth chi through your eating habits as well as explaining how foods address your five-element energetic profile *; Provides detailed food lists based on ancient Taoist wisdom that reveal their effect on the Yin, Yang, and five-element energies *; Shows how your five-element energies outline your life and influence success in relationships and at work We are each born with a unique combination of heavenly and earthly energies defined by the five elements and dictated by the universe at the moment you take your first breath.

A wide-ranging introduction to an exciting and rapidly expanding field.

Exploring the transition of celebrities into institutional-electoral politics, the book argues that many insights developed by genre theorists could be highly instrumental to understand the celebrity politics phenomenon.

Recent advances have contributed to our understanding of how a plant-based diet confers many health advantages and how substances from plants may be effective in the prevention of specific cancers.

Leaving Faith Behind gives voice to women and men who were born into Muslim families and communities, but who have made the decision to leave Islam or to dissent against some of the most significant aspects of Islamic doctrine.

Man-made toxins affect our health, safety, and lives: this book plots an empowering, hopeful path to a safer, cleaner world.

Every aspect of immune function and host defense is dependent upon a proper supply and balance of nutrients.

Many beloved classics of children's literature, including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit, were written at the end of the nineteenth century, an era known as the "e;Golden Age"e; of children's literature.

Rooted and Rising is for everyone who worries about the climate crisis and seeks spiritual practices and perspectives to renew their capacity for compassionate, purposeful, and joyful action.

As the interest in anticarcinogenic food components increases, Carcinogenic and Anticarcinogenic Food Components provides information on cancer-promoting and cancer-preventing food components, indicating their contents in foods, biological activities, possible impact on human cancer risk, and practical implications for dietary recommendations and functional design.

A true classic of Western literature, Stories and Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, arguably the most notable children's writer of all, has delighted young and old for generations.

The potential of bioactive compounds can be unlocked through an in-depth examination of their properties in the book titled Bioactive Compounds: Identification and Characterization of their Food and Pharmacological Potential.

Jane Addams (1860-1935) was an inspired activist who struck at the roots of social injustice through persistent and thoughtful action, advocating for reforms in sanitation, housing and work conditions, and child labor.

This book provides nurses, clinicians, practitioners, educators and students working with vulnerable and underserved populations with essential information on effective wellness strategies to address inadequate nutrition, promote physical activity, and reduce perceived stress through an integrative health nursing framework.

Specifically designed for health visitors, general practitioners, nurses, dietitians and nutritionists, this is the first book to clarify the suggested balance of different foods and food groups needed to provide a healthy diet in infants.

Parenteral nutrition has been one of the most significant therapeutic advances of the past twenty years.

This 2nd book provides fundamental concepts and recent applications of biotechnological methods, such as genetic selection, breeding methods and genetic engineering tools.

This book provides a broad overview of the chemicals in food that have the potential to induce adverse health effects.

This book focuses exclusively on the beneficial effects of microbes in food.