Diet, Life Expectancy, and Chronic Disease
Studies of Seventh-Day Adventists and Other Vegetarians
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 14 August 2003
- ISBN 9780195113242
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages392 pages
- Size 242x167x31 mm
- Weight 708 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 21 black and white line illustrations 0
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Short description:
This book provides broad coverage of the scientific literature on diet and the risk of cancer and heart disease, as well as diet and life expectancy. Although the focus is on studies of Seventh-day Adventists and other groups with many vegetarian members, the findings have wide application. Dietary research can be difficult to interpret so the author evaluates the adequacy of evidence about particular foods and food groups.
MoreLong description:
Research into the role of diet in chronic disease can be difficult to interpret. Measurement errors in different studies often produce conflicting answers to the same questions. Seventh-day Adventists and other groups with many vegetarian members are ideal study populations because they have a wide range of dietary habits that adds power and clarity to research findings.
This book analyses the results of such studies, focusing on heart disease and cancer. These studies support the benefits of a vegetarian diet and in addition provide evidence about the effects of individual foods and food groups on disease risk that is relevant to all who are interested in good health. The author places the findings in the broader context of well-designed nutritional studies of the general population. He discusses the degree of confidence we can have in particular relationships between diet and disease based on the strength of the evidence. The book is written in a clear style with an extensive glossary, and should be accessible to a wide audience.
Table of Contents:
Why we study the health of Adventists
Coronary heart disease rates among Adventists and others
Cancer rates among Adventists and others
The longevity of Adventists as compared with others
Diet and the risk of coronary heart disease
Diet and the risk of cancer
Diet, other risk factors and ageing
Vegetarianism and obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and arthritis
Social support, religiosity, other psychological factors and health
Coronary heart disease mortality among British, German, and Indian vegetarians
Cancer and all-cause mortality among British and German vegetarians
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and cancer among vegetarians
Risk factors and disease among vegans
Changing a population's diet: a behavioural view of the Adventist experience
Shifting to a vegetarian diet: practical suggestions from a nutritionist
The challenge of nutritional epidemiology
