Optimizing women's health through nutrition / edited by Lilian U. Thompson, Wendy E. Ward.
Contributor(s): Thompson, Lilian U | Ward, Wendy E.
Publisher: Boca Raton, Fla. : London : CRC ; Taylor & Francis [distributor], 2008Description: xvii, 454 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781420043006; 1420043005.Subject(s): Women -- Nutrition | Women -- Diseases -- Nutritional aspects | Nutrition -- Sex differences | Sex factors in disease | Nutrition Physiology | Diet Therapy | Disease -- etiology | Sex Factors | Women's HealthDDC classification: 613.04244 Online resources: Publisher descriptionItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU St Angela's McKeown Library Main Lending Collection | 613.04244 OPT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | T32359 |
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Need to optimize the health of women / Lilian U. Thompson and Wendy E. Ward -- Sex-specific biology of the gastrointestinal tract / Marianne J. Legato -- Adolescence / Nicole Larson ... [et al.] -- Premenopause / Paula Skidmore and Aedin Cassidy -- Pregnancy and lactation / Lisa A. Houghton and Deborah L. O'Connor -- Menopause and midlife / Stacie E. Geller, Marci Goldstein Adams, and Laura Studee -- Obesity and weight management / Peter Clifton -- The metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus / Janet A. Vogt and Thomas M.S. Wolever -- Cardiovascular disease / Alice H. Lichtenstein and Nirupa R. Matthan -- Breast and ovarian cancer / Bette J. Caan and Cynthia A. Thomson -- Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis / Wendy E. Ward -- Rheumatoid arthritis / Lisa K. Stamp and Leslie G. Cleland -- Irritable bowel syndrome / Gerald E. Mullin and Linda A. Lee -- Eye health / Jennifer Evans -- Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia / Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello, Sara Hutchison, and Hannes B. Staehelin -- Depression and psychiatric disorders / Christina P.C. Borba and David C. Henderson -- Eating disorders / Richard E. Kreipe and Sophie Bucher Della Torre -- Oral health / Peter C. Fritz and Wendy E. Ward -- Conclusion: what we know, and where do we go from here / Lilian U. Thompson and Wendy E. Ward.