Personal and public health / health education

This book offers valuable insights into the psychosocial characteristics of patients interested in cosmetic surgery.

This handbook provides the latest research related to quality of life and sustainability, taking into account social, economic, environmental, and political/governance aspects as well as specific socio-spatial contexts.

This book honors the work of Ruut Veenhoven, who has been a pioneer and leader in the field of happiness studies for the past 50 years.

​Der Beitrag geht von der Beobachtungen aus, dass sich die sozialwissenschaftliche Ungleichheitsforschung einerseits, die psychologische und die sozialwissenschaftliche Diskriminierungsforschung anderseits weitgehend getrennt voneinander entwickelt haben.

This title offers an in-depth analysis of the psychological causes and consequences of, and proposed interventions for over-eating.

​Immer mehr Menschen verbringen die besten Jahre ihres Lebens mit einem Job, den sie nicht mögen, um immer mehr Dinge zu kaufen, die sie nicht brauchen, um einen Lebensstil zu führen, den sie nicht genießen.

Based on leading empirical psychological research from around the world, this book offers valuable insights on women who sell sex.

This book presents an assortment of case-studies pertaining to the use of sustainable technologies for heavy metal removal and recovery from mining and metallurgical wastes, construction and demolition wastes, spent catalysts and electronic wastes.

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 presents papers from the 9th Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA), showcasing the latest research on sustainable education and development.

In this book the authors share the strategies and procedures they use in their clinical daily practice to assess and treat complex cases of eating disorders.

This volume provides an interdisciplinary collection of studies that cover the trends and issues related to agricultural productivity and availability, food and nutrition security, and sustainability in India.

This book provides a multidisciplinary overview of the impact of human-animal interaction on well-being from childhood to later life.

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

This installment in the Techniques in Life Science and Biomedicine for the Non-Expert series aims to describe ESR spectroscopy as a tool for different applications, such as Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Science, Paleontology & Geochronology and Food Science.

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.

Die Chinesische Lebenspsychologie hat eine lange Tradition in China und einen ersten Höhepunkt bereits vor tausenden Jahren erreicht.

Dieses Buch vermittelt die optimale Grundlage für die Ausbildung und Praxis in der ganzheitlichen und kausalen Diagnostik und Therapie nach F.

Das Buch informiert über die positiven Effekte von Natur im Lebensalltag des Menschen.

This volume focuses on cadmium (Cd) exposure, its effects on human health, the mechanism of Cd accumulation and the development of mitigation technologies.

This book provides valuable new insights into preventive measures for chronic arsenic poisoning, exploring the various causes, metabolism and toxicity, preventive drugs, functional foods and various methods for removing arsenic from contaminated water.

Atmospheric reactive nitrogen (N) emissions, as an important component of global N cycle, have been significantly altered by anthropogenic activities, and consequently have had a global impact on air pollution and ecosystem services.

Dieses Buch hilft allen, die von Eisenmangel betroffen sind.

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

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

Did you ever want to become a Superhero?

This volume presents a compilation of composite indicators created in order to measure important aspects of the quality of European societies.

This book addresses the problem of the transition to new forms of social order in the global world.

This book focuses on the drivers of Jihadist terrorism and explains how a better understanding of these drivers can lead to more effective counterterrorism policies all over the world.

This book brings together various threads of research in the field of gender mainstreaming.

Of all forms of alternative medicine, chiropractic is the one that is most generally accepted.

How can we design innovative food experiences that enhance food pleasure and consumer well-being?

This volume examines the developmental aspects of the general psychological construct of self-determination.

Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease provides valuable insights for those seeking nutritional treatment options for those suffering from liver and/or related gastrointestinal disease including Crohn's, allergies, and colitis among others.

This is the first volume devoted to the topic of dance and quality of life.

This book presents a comprehensive study of the environmental situation prevailing in the areas located near the Koshkar-Ata (Kazakhstan) tailings dump and the development of rehabilitation measures taking into account the area's soil and climatic features.

This book offers a collection of expert reviews on the use of plant-based antioxidant therapies in disease prevention and treatment.

This book addresses the use and management of chemicals in the food and beverage industry.

This book provides a comprehensive review of recent innovations in food science that are being used to tackle the challenges of food safety, nutritional security and sustainability.

The book provides comprehensive information about the different aspects of veterinary nutrition in tropical countries.

This book describes the health status of internal migrants in China and explores a number of related factors, which include their physical health, mental health, fertility, social integration, the current state of basic public health services in China and so on.

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

This book covers the nutritional and nutraceutical profiles of a wide range of popularly consumed vegetables and nuts.

This book offers valuable insights into the latest concepts and findings from epidemiologic, clinical and basic studies in the burgeoning area of early-life environmental exposure and diseases.

In the 10 years since the first edition of Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy published, the field has changed considerably.

While diet has long been recognized as having potential to alleviate symptoms of inflammatory diseases including arthritis, lupus and fibromyalgia, research indicates that specific foods offer particular benefits in preventing or mitigating specific symptoms.