Nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease

Section I: Basic Principles and Concepts Examining the Relationship between Diet, Nutrition and Disease: Dietary Assessment Methodology. Energy Requirement Methodology. Physical Assessment. Overview of Nutritional Epidemiology. Analysis, Presentation, and Interpretation of Dietary Data. Nutrition Intervention: Current Theoretical Bases for Nutrition Intervention and Their Uses. Nutrition Intervention: Lessons from Clinical Trials. Tools and Techniques to Facilitate Eating Behavior Change. Evaluation of Nutrition Interventions. Biomarkers and Biological Indicators of Change. Genetic Influence on Nutritional Health: Genetic Influences on Blood Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Genetics of Human Obesity. Genetic Influence on Cancer Risk. Inborn Errors of Metabolism. Supplements and Food Replacements: Role of Liquid Dietary Supplements. Composite Foods and Formulas, Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Herbs and Other Botanical Supplements: Principles and Concepts. Section II: Disease-Specific Intervention: Prevention and Treatment Cardiovascular Disease: Dietary Macronutrients and Cardiovascular Risk. Other Dietary Components and Cardiovascular Risk. Nutrition, Diet & Hypertension. Nutrition and Congestive Heart Failure. Cancer Prevention and Therapy: Nutrition and Breast Cancer. Nutrition and Colon Cancer. Nutrition and Prostate Cancer. Nutrition and Lung Cancer. Nutrition and the Patient with Cancer. Diabetes Melitus: Obesity and the Risk for Diabetes. Nutrition Management for Type 1 Diabetes. Nutritional Management of Type 2 Diabetes. Nutrition Management for Gestational Diabetes. Obesity: Overview of Treatments and Interventions. Role of Physical Activity. Micronutrient Intake and Body Weight. Behavioral Risk Factors for Obesity: Diet and Physical Activity. Role of Taste and Appetite in Body Weight Regulation. Gastrointestinal Diseases: Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Common Gastrointestinal Symptoms. Nutrient Considerations in Lactose Intolerance. Nutrient Considerations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Short Bowel Syndrome. Nutrition and Liver Disease. Other Major Diseases: Nutrition and Renal Disease. Nutritional Management of Parkinson's Disease and Other Conditions Like Alzheimer's Disease. Osteoporosis. Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder. Nutrition and Food Allergy. Nutrition and Cystic Fibrosis. Osteomalacia. Nutrition and Immunodeficiency Syndromes. Disease Prevention Strategy: Nutrition Guidelines to Maintain Health. Epilogue.