Nutrition and fitness: cultural, genetic and metabolic aspects. Selected Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition on Nutrition, Fitness and Health, Shanghai, 30 November to 2 December, 2006.

disease; the impact of the APO E genotype on health, nutrition and fitness; nutrition in the prevention of chronic disease; and, the connection between exercise and obesity. The formation is concluded by the papers on nutritional risk factors for gastrointestinal cancers, Mediterranean diets as a global resource in health and disease, and the role of politics and politicians on the relevant issues.