Exploring Health and Environmental Costs of Food (Häftad)
avFood and Nutrition Board, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Institute of Medicine
ISBN: 9780309265805 - UTGIVEN: 201212The U.S. food system provides many benefits, not the least of which is a safe, nutritious and consistent food supply. However, the same system also creates significant environmental, public health, and other costs that generally are not recognized and not accounted for in the retail price of food. T[...]
Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury (Häftad)
avTrauma Committee on Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine
ISBN: 9780309210089 - UTGIVEN: 2011-06Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for up to one-third of combat-related injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to some estimates. TBI is also a major problem among civilians, especially those who engage in certain sports. At the request of the Department of Defense, the IOM examined the pot[...]
Nutrigenomics and Beyond (Häftad)
avFood and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
ISBN: 9780309104890 - UTGIVEN: 2007-06The integration of biology, genomics, and health has opened the possibility of applying genomics technology to nutrition. In 2001, scientists associated with the Human Genome Project announced the successful mapping of the reference sequence of the human genome. Since then, a body of information has[...]
Weight Gain During Pregnancy (Inbunden)
avCommittee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines, Food and Nutrition Board, , ,
ISBN: 9780309131131 - UTGIVEN: 200912As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight gain has become more difficult to reconcile. Weight Gain During Pregnancy responds to the need for a reexamination of the 1990 Institute of Medicine guidelines[...]
