Personal and public health / health education

This edited volume is a compilation of 30 articles discussing what constitutes food for health and longevity.

The average life expectancy has increased worldwide in the recent decades.

This book asks what kind of impacts innovations and technology have on subjective well-being and happiness.

A common question posed to PhD students from friends and family is, "e;What will you do after?

This book rekindles the well-known connection between people and place in the context of a global pandemic.

This book focuses on a monograph published in 2017 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), discussing its carcinogen hazard classification of four pesticides:  parathion, malathion, diazinon, and tetrachlorvinphos as well as the herbicide glyphosate.

This book provides a review of therapeutic foods and diets for aging patients.

This volume brings together basic research on the nature of stress reactivity with up-to-date research on the effectiveness and mechanisms of mindfulness interventions.

This book discusses the scope and limitations of the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of foods as medicines or medicinal coadjuvants in traditional Indian herbal therapies.

This fully updated and expanded third edition is a reference guide on nutrition and its clinical implications for health and disease through the life-cycle.

The second edition of this successful handbook, edited by well-known experts in this field, includes core questions in the field of child abuse and neglect.

This book deals with recent perspectives on the panel of addiction behavior in a vast amount of population (young and adult).

This book provides a practical overview of the treatment and management of celiac disease.

The current coronavirus pandemic fundamentally reshapes existing debates and processes in international development.

This book is about the theory of Hot and Cold, a mutual fundamental base of traditional medicines all around the world.

This book explores in depth the relationships between nutrition and oral health.

This graduate textbook imparts the fundamentals of reliability and risk that can be connected mathematically and applied to problems in engineering and medical science and practice.

This book provides extensive information on the chemicals that inhabit our environment, our food, our water and our air and the impact that they may be having on human health.

This book offers a concise and updated guide for all readers (physicians and non-physicians) interested in gaining a comprehensive and precise understanding of sarcopenia.

This book provides an overview of various traditional Middle Eastern food products and beverages and investigates their chemical, microbial and physical profiles.

Rotator cuff surgery is currently the most common surgical procedure involving the shoulder.

This book addresses the consequences of high agricultural pesticide use over the last few decades in the form of organophosphate poisoning.

This book discusses all aspects of non-pharmacologic approaches to primary and secondary CVD prevention.

This book provides a comprehensive reference guide to plant-derived antioxidants, their beneficial effects, mechanisms of action, and role in disease prevention and improving general health (anti-ageing effect).

The word stress is everywhere and highly overused.

This topical book sheds light on immigrants' subjective well-being by analysing the main factors associated with self-reported life satisfaction among immigrants and natives.

Landraces possess a very large genetic base in population structure and are dynamic populations of cultivated plants with historical origin, distinct identity, and without any formal crop improvement.

This book examines how we design and deliver health communication messages relating to outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics.

This book applies the concept of cultural safety to the field of health psychology in a US context as a means to achieve health equity.

This book provides up to date information on the emerging trends and technology in food nanotechnology.

This volume addresses  various issues related to micronutrient deficiency, especially zinc, and discusses the possible approaches for combating mineral deficiency among humans and plants.

This book reviews concepts and recent advances of biotechnological approaches for livestock production.

The Bambara groundnut (BGN) or Vigna subterranea is an extremely hardy grain legume.

This book presents the main theoretical and practical tools provided by behavior analysis to diagnose and treat substance use disorders.

This book presents a cross-cultural investigation into the interplay between social capital and subjective well-being.

This book addresses the impact of HIV on populations of men who have sex with men in Africa and local responses to the issue.

This book presents advanced knowledge and techniques to improve food quality, such as organic farming, fertilization using waste, reducing arsenic in food, soil restoration, forage production in arid regions and weed control.

This book argues that, to be healthy, human beings should love nature and stay in balance with it as much as possible.

This book explains about amino acids (AAs) which are not only building blocks of protein, but are also signaling molecules as well as regulators of gene expression and the protein phosphorylation cascade.

This volume gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of structural health monitoring, as presented at the 8th Civil Structural Health Monitoring Workshop (CSHM-8), held on March 31-April 2, 2021.

Today's consumers are looking for food products with health-promoting roles in addition to nutritional benefits.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that manifests with a myriad of clinical and laboratory features.

This book offers strategies and solutions for rural communities dependent on fossil fuel economies to enable them to transition to sustainable development.

The third, thoroughly revised and enhanced edition of this bestselling book analyses and discusses the most up-to-date research on the psychology of quality of life.

This book presents comprehensive coverage on the importance of good nutrition in the treatment and management of obesity, cancer and diabetes.

This book brings together Indigenous and allied experts addressing mental health among Indigenous peoples across the traditional territories commonly known as the Americas (e.

This book presents research findings and conclusions that has been developed as algorithms or intelligent new methods solving problems in the fields of air pollution, climate and health, natural hazards and risks, water resources, human activities and management and informatics, remote sensing, high-performance computing and GIS for environmental monitoring and management.

This book explores the traditional use of Ilex paraguariensis, a plant that is widely distributed in South America.

This collection shows what happens when facing the inevitable and sometimes expected death of a parent, and how such an ordinary part of life as parental death might connect with the children left behind.

This book is a psychobiography on the life of Viktor Frankl and a unique exploration of his life from a positive psychology perspective.