| Conference |
International Congress and Exhibition on Nutrition, Fitness, and Health (2006 : Shanghai, China)
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| Title |
Nutrition and fitness : cultural, genetic, and metabolic aspects / volume editor, Artemis P. Simopoulos. |
| OCLC |
213008022 |
| ISBN |
9783805585309 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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3805585306 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| Publisher |
Basel ; New York : Karger, 2008. |
| Description |
xv, 259 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Nutrition -- Congresses.
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Physical fitness -- Congresses.
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Medical
Subject heading/s |
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena -- Congresses.
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Physical Fitness -- Congresses.
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Health Promotion -- Congresses.
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Metabolism -- physiology -- Congresses.
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Nutrigenomics -- Congresses.
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Other
Subject heading/s |
Ernährung -- Sportliche Aktivität -- Kongress -- Shanghai <2006>.
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Sportliche Aktivität -- Ernährung -- Kongress -- Shanghai <2006>.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Nutrition and fitness from the first Olympiad in 776 BC to the 21st century and the concept of positive health / Simopoulos, A.P. -- Omega-3 fatty acids, exercise, physical activity, and athletics / Simopoulos, A.P. -- Omega-6 fatty acids and excessive adipose tissue development / Ailhaud, G. -- Non-conventional genetic risk factors for cardiovascular disease / Allayee, H. -- ApoE genotype: impact on health, fitness, and nutrition / Angelopoulos, T.J., Lowndes, J.-- Nutrition in the prevention of chronic diseases / Tapsell, L.C., Probst, Y.C.-- Exercise and obesity: lifestyle modification as a means in prevention and treatment / Pavlou, K.N.-- Nutritional risk factors for gastrointestinal cancers: the Multiethnic Cohort Study / Kolonel, L.N. -- Mediterranean food and diets, global resource for the control of metabolic syndrome and chronic diseases / Urquiaga, I. ...[et al.]. -- The role of government in nutrition and fitness / Bourne, P.G.-- Balancing the scales: a common-sense look at global nutrition problems and what can be done about them / Clay, W. -- Historical perspective: the antiquity of exercise, exercise physiology, and the exercise prescription for health / Tipton, C.M. |
| General note |
"Selected Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition on Nutrition, Fitness, and Health, Shanghai, November 30 to December 2, 2006." |
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