Nutritional Epidemiology (Monographs in and Biostatistics) 3rd Edition – Ebook PDF Version – Digital Instant Dowload.

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780199754038
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199754038
• Author: Walter Willett

The book starts with an overview of research strategies in nutritional epidemiology-still a relatively new discipline that combines the vast knowledge compiled by nutritionists during the 20th century with the methodologies developed by epidemiologists to study the determinants of diseases with multiple etiologies and long latent periods. A major section is devoted to the methods of dietary assessment using data on food intake, biochemical indicators of diet, and measures of body composition and size. The reproducibility and validity of each approach and the implications of measurement error are considered in detail. The analysis, presentation, and interpretation of data from epidemiologic studies of diet and disease are explored in depth. Particular attention is paid to the important influence of total energy intake on findings in such studies. To illustrate methodological issues in nutritional epidemiology, relationships of dietary factors to the incidence of lung and breast cancer, heart disease, and birth defects are examined in depth.

Table contents:

1. Overview of Nutritional Epidemiology
2. Foods and Nutrients
3. Nature of Variation in Diet
4. 24-Hour Recall and Diet Record Methods
5. Food Frequency Methods
6. Reproducibility and Validity of Food-Frequency Questionnaires
7. Recall of Remote Diet
8. Biochemical Indicators of Dietary Intake
9. Anthropometric Measures and Body Composition
10. Assessment of Physical Activity in Nutritional Epidemiology
11. Implications of Total Energy Intake for Epidemiologic Analyses
12. Correction for the Effects of Measurement Error
13. Issues in Analysis and Presentation of Dietary Data
14. Genetics in Dietary Analyses
15. Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance
16. Policy Applications
17. Vitamin A and Lung Cancer
18. Dietary Fat and Breast Cancer
19. Diet and Coronary Heart Disease
20. Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects
21. Future Research Directions