Preventive Nutrition

From The Critics

Reviewer: Robert W. Wissler, PhD, MD(University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)
Description: This is a comprehensive, multiauthored compendium of preventive nutrition, an extremely timely topic, edited by two highly knowledgeable experts.
Purpose: The primary goal of this compendium is to present the evidence that prevention is a most effective way to combat cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis. and many other important debilitating and often fatal diseases; and to do so in a format that health professions can use to answer the questions posed of them by their patients and clients. An additional goal is to present the key evidence linking nutritional assessment with birth outcomes.
Audience: This book should appeal to a broad audience of nutritionists, dietitians, healthcare providers, educators, and a substantial number of the lay public.
Features: The chapters generally have an abundance of tables and a modest number of figures that summarize the findings of a large number of scientific investigations. The reference lists are fairly long and current. The foreword and prefaces are noteworthy in the manner in which they prepare the reader for the importance of the material in the book. Indeed, one wishes that the editors who prepared the preface had also written a chapter for the volume.
Assessment: This is an outstanding book. A regret, however, is that there are not more chapters contributed by pediatricians because it is likely that most preventive nutrition needs to implemented by pediatricians working with families and young people for it to be effective. One chapter that is written by a pediatrician, however, deals very effectively with the prevention of cancer. The lack of more chapters from this perspective, however, should not detract from the value of this work. It is a very important contribution that will be of great value to many healthcare workers in the U.S. and abroad. It serves as a milepost of important nutritional measures for the prevention of chronic disease.

Robert W. Wissler

This is a comprehensive, multiauthored compendium of preventive nutrition, an extremely timely topic, edited by two highly knowledgeable experts. The primary goal of this compendium is to present the evidence that prevention is a most effective way to combat cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis. and many other important debilitating and often fatal diseases; and to do so in a format that health professions can use to answer the questions posed of them by their patients and clients. An additional goal is to present the key evidence linking nutritional assessment with birth outcomes. This book should appeal to a broad audience of nutritionists, dietitians, healthcare providers, educators, and a substantial number of the lay public. The chapters generally have an abundance of tables and a modest number of figures that summarize the findings of a large number of scientific investigations. The reference lists are fairly long and current. The foreword and prefaces are noteworthy in the manner in which they prepare the reader for the importance of the material in the book. Indeed, one wishes that the editors who prepared the preface had also written a chapter for the volume. This is an outstanding book. A regret, however, is that there are not more chapters contributed by pediatricians because it is likely that most preventive nutrition needs to implemented by pediatricians working with families and young people for it to be effective. One chapter that is written by a pediatrician, however, deals very effectively with the prevention of cancer. The lack of more chapters from this perspective, however, should not detract from the value of this work. It is avery important contribution that will be of great value to many healthcare workers in the U.S. and abroad. It serves as a milepost of important nutritional measures for the prevention of chronic disease.

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