Vegetarian Nutrition

576pp  ISBN 0849385083      £53.00

• Presents information from scientific sources and research
• Offers a broad perspective on global and lifecycle issues
• Covers various diet regimens, health concerns, and energy expenditure
• Suitable for a one semester graduate course in the consumer and nutritional Sciences, and in public health

Approximately 12 million U.S. citizens consider themselves vegetarians, and 13.5 percent of all U.S. households claim to have at least one family member practicing some form of vegetarianism. In the past 30 years, scientific endeavors in the area of vegetarian nutrition have progressively shifted from investigating dietary concerns held by nutritionists and other health professionals to creative solutions for various medical conditions and preventive approaches to chronic diseases. Although professional interest in vegetarian nutrition has now reached unprecedented levels, scientific knowledge regarding vegetarian diets and their positive effects on human health is far from complete.

Vegetarian Nutrition provides data to explain the preventive role of vegetarian diets for many chronic diseases such as heart disease and some types of cancers while including recommendations and guidelines for vegetarians and those prescribed vegetarian diets. Based on scientific sources and research, and presenting information in both tabular and prose formats, the book details various diet regimens, health concerns, and energy expenditure.

This handbook is written for academic and clinical nutritionists, dieticians, and graduate students in nutrition ad public health, with each chapter rendering a scholarly review of the particular topic. While considering both health benefits and nutritional concerns Vegetarian Nutrition addresses such topics as chronic disease prevention; adequacy of the diet for children, in pregnancy, lactation, and for the aging population; recommendations for a healthy vegetarian diet; and global perspectives.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Prologue, Mervyn Hardinge

Background
Vegetarian Diets: Descriptions and Trends, Joan Sabaté, Rosemary Ratzin-Turner, and Jack E. Brown
The Public Health Risk to Benefit Ratio of Vegetarian Diets -- Changing Paradigms, Joan Sabaté

Vegetarian Diets and Chronic Disease Prevention
Vegetarianism, Coronary Risk Factors and CHD, Tim J. Key and Paul N. Appleby
Vegetarian Diets and Cancer Risk, Paul Mills
Vegetarian Diets and Obesity Prevention, Joan Sabaté and Glen Blix
Vegetarian Diets in the Prevention of Osteoporosis, Diabetes, and
Neurological Diseases, Sujatha Rajaram, and Michelle Wien
Does Low Meat Consumption Contribute to Greater Longevity? Pramil Singh

Adequacy of Vegetarian Diets Through the Lifecycle and in Special Groups
Physical Growth and Development of Vegetarian Children and Adolescents, Marcel Hebbelinck and Peter Clarys
Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy and Lactation, Patricia K. Johnston
Women's Reproductive Function, Susan Barr
Nutritional Considerations for an Aging Population, Richard Hubbard and Elaine Fleming
Implications of the Vegetarian Diet for Athletes, David Nieman

Recommendations for Healthy Vegetarian Diets
Nutrients of Concern in Vegetarian Diets, Winston J. Craig and Laura Pinyan
Health-Promoting Phytochemicals: Beyond the Traditional Nutrients, Winston J. Craig
Vegetarian Diets and Dietary Guidelines for Chronic Disease Prevention, Ella Haddad
Developing a Vegetarian Food Guide, Crystal Whitten

Global Issues and Non-nutritional Perspectives of Vegetarian Diets Environmental Impacts of Meat Production and Vegetarianism, Lucas Reijnders
Meatless Diets, a Moral Imperative? Mark Carr and Gerald Winslow
The Historical Context of Vegetarianism, James C. Whorton
Religion, Spirituality and a Vegetarian Dietary, Glen Blix