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Main description:
The Nutrition and Health Series of books have had great success because each volume has the consistent overriding mission of providing health professionals with texts that are essential because each includes (1) a synthesis of the state of the science; (2) timely, in-depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields; (3) extensive, - to-date fully annotated reference lists; (4) a detailed index; (5) relevant tables and figures; (6) identification of paradigm shifts and the consequences; (7) virtually no overlap of information between chapters, but targeted, interchapter referrals; (8) suggestions of areas for future research; and (9) balanced, data-driven answers to patient/health prof- sionals' questions that are based on the totality of evidence rather than the findings of any single study. The series volumes are not the outcome of a symposium. Rather, each editor has the potential to examine a chosen area with a broad perspective, both in subject matter as well as in the choice of chapter authors. The international perspective, especially with regard to public health initiatives, is emphasized where appropriate. The editors, whose trainings are both research- and practice-oriented, have the opportunity to develop a primary objective for their book; define the scope and focus, and then invite the leading authorities from around the world to be part of their initiative. The authors are encouraged to provide an overview of the field, discuss their own research, and relate the research findings to potential human health consequences.
Contents:
Introduction
Connie M. Weaver and Robert P. Heaney
I. Calcium Functions
Bone as the Calcium Nutrient Reserve
Robert P. Heaney
Cellular Functions and Fluxes of Calcium
Emmanuel M. Awumey and Richard D. Bukoski
II. Techniques for Studying Calcium Metabolism and Its Relationship to Disease
Nutritional Epidemiology: Dietary Assessment Methods
Carol J. Boushey
Clinical Approaches for Studying Calcium Metabolism and Its Relationship to Disease
Connie M. Weaver
Kinetic Studies
Meryl E. Wastney, Yongdong Zhao, and Connie M. Weaver
III. Calcium Consumption, Requirements, and Bioavailability
Requirements for What Endpoint?
Robert P. Heaney and Connie M. Weaver
Dietary Calcium: Recommendations and Intakes Around the World
Anne C. Looker
Food Sources, Supplements, and Bioavailability
Connie M. Weaver and Robert P. Heaney
IV. Calcium Homeostasis
The Calcium Economy
Robert P. Heaney
Molecular Regulation of Calcium Metabolism
James C. Fleet
Influence of Total Diet on Calcium Homeostasis
Zamzam K. (Fariba) Roughead
Influence of Lifestyle Choices on Calcium Homeostasis: Smoking, Alcohol, and Hormone Therapies
D. Lee Alekel, and Oksana Matvienko
Influence of Physical Activity on Calcium and Bone
Matthew Vukovich and Bonny Specker
The Case for a Calcium Appetite in Humans
Michael G. Tordoff
V. Calcium Through Development
Infancy and Childhood
Steven A. Abrams and Keli M. Hawthorne
Pre-Puberty and Adolescence
Connie M. Weaver
Calcium in Pregnancy and Lactation
Heidi J. Kalkwarf
VI. Calcium and Disease
Calcium in Systemic Human Health
Robert P. Heaney
Calcium and Oral Health
Elizabeth A. Krall
Dietary Calcium and Obesity
Dorothy Teegarden
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Reproduction
Susan Thys-Jacobs
Premenstrual Syndrome
Susan Thys-Jacobs
Calcium Throughout the Life Cycle: The Later Years
Bess Dawson-Hughes
Calcium, Vitamin D, and Cancer
Peter R. Holt
Dietary Calcium and the Metabolic Syndrome
Dorothy Teegarden
Calcium and Phosphate Control in Patients With Renal Disease
David A. McCarron and Robert P. Heaney
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
David A. McCarron
Appendices
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: November, 2010
Pages: 472
Weight: 891g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Biochemistry, Nutrition
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