Personal and public health / health education

This book comprehensively accounts the current understanding of genetic mechanisms of obesity by analyzing obesity phenotypes and genotypes and, gene polymorphisms and mutations, and current results from animal model research and genetic studies in human models.

This concise handbook provides evidence-based, practical horse nutrition accessible to all readers.

Unlock the secret to true and lasting change'A crash course in the most important skills for forging connection and fuelling change.

It is no surprise that women and men experience biological and physiological differences fundamentally and throughout the lifecycle.

This book is a collection of six essays by the authors on conflicts around water.

This book provides a detailed and a clear picture about the impact of climate changes on all aspects of our lives.

Bone health is one of the most widely discussed topics in pediatric nutrition.

The One Health Case Studies book is a collection of international case studies showcasing the work of One Health practitioners and their projects.

Nutritional genomics, also referred to as nutrigenomics, is considered one of the next frontiers in the post-genomic era.

During the past decade since the first edition of this practical work was published, global prevalence of obesity has increased by epic proportions, and physical fitness levels have continued to decline.

This handbook is a concise, thorough, and portable reference guide to the multitude of complex chemotherapy protocols and other frequently utilized medications in the field of Hematology/Oncology.

Understanding the biochemistry of food is basic to all other research and development in the fields of food science, technology, and nutrition, and the past decade has seen accelerated progress in these areas.

This book analyses how women navigate their personal worlds during a life stage of intense changes and ruptures, within a complex and rapidly changing sociocultural context of a post-socialist society.

Since its discovery in 1957, Coenzyme Q has piqued the interest of scientists from a wide range of disciplines because of its bioenergetics, vitamin-like behavior, and interactions with antioxidant vitamins E and C.

This book analyses how women navigate their personal worlds during a life stage of intense changes and ruptures, within a complex and rapidly changing sociocultural context of a post-socialist society.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared obesity a global epidemic.

This book draws on the relationship between culture and the environment and its connection with health and well-being.

Desde la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020, la salud mental ha cobrado mayor relevancia global.

This book is a collection of six essays by the authors on conflicts around water.

Truffles are hypogeous ectomycorrhizal ascomycetous edible mushrooms distributed worldwide in terrestrial ecosystems, including deserts, as non-timber forest products.

From Cold War-era fears of biological warfare to zombie plagues as metaphors for contagion to portrayals of recent experiences with Covid-19, pandemics have featured prominently in American popular culture for decades.

Una guía amena, realista y profundamente útil para dominar la comunicación interpersonal y evitar el conflicto con los demás y con uno mismo.

The prevalence of obesity in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world has skyrocketed in the past 20 years.

The One Health Case Studies book is a collection of international case studies showcasing the work of One Health practitioners and their projects.

Nature converts molecules into edible structures, most of which are then transformed into products in factories and kitchens.

This concise handbook provides evidence-based, practical horse nutrition accessible to all readers.

The book Mental, Emotional, and Behavioural Needs of Specific Populations following COVID-19 in India: Findings from Qualitative and Quantitative Studies reviews quantitative and qualitative research, conducted during and post-pandemic, on economic, social, psychological, and health factors across diverse, specific populations in India.

Well-illustrated throughout and with in-depth analyses, Nutrition, Diet Therapy, and the Liver provides a holistic understanding of the causative elements that precipitate liver disease and the nutritional factors and regimens that reverse deteriorating hepatic function.

While the gastrointestinal tract ingests, digests, and absorbs nutrients, the liver transforms nutrients, synthesizes plasma proteins, and detoxifies bacteria and toxins absorbed from the gut.

First published in 1994, Vertigo and Dizziness provides a unique and accessible multidimensional account of the common but underrated problem of dizziness, vividly illustrated by sufferers' accounts of their experiences.

Meeting industry demand for an authoritative, dependable resource, Vitamin E: Food Chemistry, Composition, and Analysis provides insight into the vast body of scientific knowledge available on vitamin E related to food science and technology.

A compilation of management, medical, nutrition, psychological, and physical activity facts, models, theories, interventions, and evaluation techniques, the Handbook of Pediatric Obesity: Clinical Management is the most clinically appropriate and scientifically supported source of information available for pediatric health care and research profess

This book is intended as a source of information for the many scientists who now enter the growing research field of vitamin A in health and disease, reviewing the epidemiological aspects related to vitamin A.

This unique textbook takes a holistic approach to food poisoning and food hygiene, explaining in clear and non-technical language the causes of food poisoning with practical examples from 'real-life' outbreaks.

The introduction of parenteral nutrition support has given patients with short bowel syndrome the time they need to achieve maximal intestinal rehabilitation and has allowed these patients to survive.

It was once assumed that mitochondrial diseases were rare and that few people were affected.

Newborn babies are examined at around 6 to 72 hours after their birth to rule out major congenital abnormalities and reassure the parents that their baby is healthy.

While unhealthy diet and sedentary behaviors are second only to smoking as the leading preventable cause of death in the U.

Statistical Analysis of Human Growth and Development is an accessible and practical guide to a wide range of basic and advanced statistical methods that are useful for studying human growth and development.

A consequence of rapid progress in the science of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics is the substantial accumulation of data covering nutrienal modulation of gene expression at the cellular and subcellular levels.

The focus of food science and technology has shifted from previous goals of improving food safety and enhancing food taste toward providing healthy and functional foods.

During the fifteen years since the bestselling first edition of Folate in Health and Disease was published, there have been thousands of new research studies related to folate and its role in health and disease.

Using novel, bioethical framing alongside critical and comprehensive analysis of harm reduction approaches, this cutting-edge book addresses the multifaceted and transdisciplinary issue of drug addiction in society, exploring how addiction can be conceptualized from various disciplinary perspectives for positive policy outcomes.

Compiling landmark research from those laying the foundation for medical science's next leap forward, Thiamine: Catalytic Mechanisms in Normal and Disease States fully explores the pathophysiological aspects of a spectrum of diseases associated with TDP-requiring enzymes.

'Warm, humorous, nature-packed restoration .

Supplying sustenance for millions of the poorest people in the world, freshwater flora and fauna also contribute to overall economic well-being by means of export commodity trade, tourism, and recreation.