Nutrition in Women's Health

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1996 - 582 pages
Provides a comprehensive reference that covers topics related to the health of women. Covers factors affecting adolescent nutrition and growth; nutrition and pregnancy in the growing adolescent; definitions, assessment, and the role of nutritionists in the treatment of eating disorders; general food consumption patterns in women; the relationships between diet, sex steroids, and the menstrual cycle; guidelines for normal nutrition in the premenopausal woman and the pregnant or lactating woman; nutrition issues for vegetarian women; how to manage optimal nutrition in female athletes; nutritional needs of elderly women; preventive nutrition in adolescent girls; chronic diseases of concern to women, i.e. obesity, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes and cancer; the ongoing activities and efforts at the National Institutes of Health; and the nutrition components of the Women's Health Initiative. Also contains sample menus that meet contemporary dietary recommendations for women. Written for nutritionists and other allied health professionals who have an interest in women's health or have women as clients.

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Contents

Implications for Nutritional
35
Chapter 3 Eating Disorders
58
Food Consumption Patterns in Women
103
Dietary Patterns in Women
114
Opportunities for Change
134
Chapter 5 Diet the Menstrual Cycle and Sex Steroid
141
Chapter 6 Normal Nutrition in Premenopausal Women
174
Factors Shaping Womens Eating Patterns
191
Chapter 10Nutritional Needs of Elderly Women
299
Chapter 11Preventive Nutrition in Adolescent Girls
323
Chapter 12Obesity
353
Chapter 13Cardiovascular Disease
383
Factors in Females that Affect the Lipoprotein Profile
391
Intervention Strategies in Women
399
Summary
410
Chapter 14Osteoporosis
418

Federally Funded Food and Nutrition Programs
199
Summary
206
Chapter 7 Nutritional Concerns during Pregnancy
212
Chapter 8 Vegetarianism for Women
232
Nutrition for the Female Athlete
263
Nutrient Needs
270
Competition Diet
279
Summary
288
Chapter 15Diabetes
440
Chapter 16Cancer
463
Chapter 17Womens Health Research at the National
499
Overview of
510
Chapter 19Menu Planning for Women
543
Index
569
About the Authors 582

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