VOLUME 1

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ACIDS see ELECTROLYTES: Acid Base Balance

ADAPTATION Overview of Adaptive Responses to Malnutrition

P S Shetty

ADIPOSE TISSUE Structure, Function and Metabolism of Adipose Tissue

R G Vernon

D J Flint

ADOLESCENTS

Dietary Habits and Nutritient Requirements

C H S Ruxton

M B E Livingstone

Nutritional Problems

M B E Livingstone

AGEING Biological Aspects

Y Barnett

AIDS see HIV DISEASE: Nutritional Management

ALCOHOL

Absorption, Metabolism and Physiological Effects

S D Poppitt

Disease Risk and Beneficial Effects

R Harding

Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Diet and Nutritional Status

B D'Avanzo

Carlo La Vecchia

ALCOHOLISM Effects on Nutritional Status

C J Seal

C L Ford

C P Day

ALUMINIUM Occurrence and Toxicity

N D Priest

AMINO ACIDS

Chemistry and Classification

P Emery

Metabolism

P Emery

ANAEMIA (ANEMIA)

Iron Deficiency Anaemia

S R Lynch

Megaloblastic Anaemia

J M Scott

Donald G Weir

ANTIOXIDANTS

Diet and Antioxidant Defence

J J Strain

I F F Benzie

Observational Epidemiology

I F F Benzie

Intervention Studies

J Michael Gaziano

APPETITE

Physiological and Neurobiological Aspects

J E Blundell

J C G Halford

Psychobiological and Behavioural Aspects

J Stubbs

A M Johnstone

J E Blundell

ARTHRITIS Dietary Aspects of Aetiology and Nutritional Management

Laura C Rall

R Roubenoff

ASCORBIC ACID

Physiology, Dietary Sources and Requirements

D A Bender

Scurvy

D McLaren

ATHEROSCLEROSIS see CHOLESTEROL: Sources, Absorption, Function and Metabolism; CORONARY HEART DISEASE: Prevention

B

B VITAMINS see COBALAMINS: Physiology, Dietary Sources and Requirements; NIACIN: Physiology, Dietary Sources and Requirements; PANTOTHENIC ACID: Physiology, Dietary Sources and Requirements; RIBOFLAVIN: Physiology; THIAMIN: Physiology; VITAMIN B(6): Physiology

BACTERIA see INFECTION: Nutritional Interactions; Nutritional Management; Nutritional Management of Measles and Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Children

BASES see ELECTROLYTES: Acid-Base Balance

BEER see ALCOHOL: Absorption, Metabolism and Physiological Effects; Disease Risk and Beneficial Effects; Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Diet and Nutritional Status

BEHAVIOUR Dietary Effects on Mood and Behaviour

P J Rogers

BERIBERI see THIAMIN: Beriberi

BIOAVAILABILITY Definition and General Aspects

S Fairweather-Tait

BIOTIN Physiology, Dietary Sources and Requirements

D M Mock

BLOOD LIPIDS/FATS see HYPERLIPIDAEMIA (HYPERLIPIDEMIA): Overview; LIPOPROTEINS: Physiology

BLOOD PRESSURE see HYPERTENSION: Physiology

BODY COMPOSITION Determination and Physiological Significance

J F Sutcliffe

G S Knight

BONE Composition, Metabolism and Bone Growth

B M Thomson

BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM Biology, Metabolism and Nutritional Requirements

C Greenwood

BREAST FEEDING see INFANTS: Milk-feeding and Weaning; LACTATION: Physiology; Dietary Requirements

BURNS PATIENTS Nutritional Management

S A Hill

C

CAFFEINE Chemistry and Physiological Effects

M J Arnaud

CALCIUM Physiology

L Allen

CALORIES see ENERGY: Energy Requirements; Energy Balance; Measurement of Energy Intake and Expenditure

CANCER

Epidemiology and Associations Between Diet and Cancer

G A Colditz

Robin E Blum

Epidemiology of Breast Cancer

Lenore Kohlmeier

Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer

S A Bingham

Epidemiology of Lung Cancer

A J Alberg

Jonathan M Samet

Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Cancers Other than Colorectal

B D Dimitrov

Diet in Cancer Treatment

C Shaw

Jacqueline Green

CARBOHYDRATES

Chemistry and Classification (including Dietary Fibre)

D A T Southgate

Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism

Ian Macdonald

Requirements and Dietary Importance

S Gatenby

Resistant Starch and Oligosaccharides

C Edwards

R Tester

CARCINOGENS Carcinogenic Substances in Food

D Anderson

J C Phillips

CAROTENES see CAROTENOIDS: Chemistry, Sources and Physiology; Epidemiology

CAROTENOIDS

Chemistry, Sources and Physiology

Norman I Krinsky

C L Rock

Epidemiology

M O'Neill

D I Thurnham

CATERING Nutritional Aspects

C Hunt

Ann West

CEREAL GRAINS Dietary Significance and Nutritional Value

R W Welch

CHEESE see DAIRY PRODUCTS: Nutritional Value

CHILDREN

Nutritional Problems of Preschool Children

E M Poskitt

Nutritional Requirements of School Children

Benjamin Caballero

Nutritional Problems of School Children

M Nelson

CHOLECALCIFEROL AND ERGOCALCIFEROL

Physiology, Dietary Sources and Requirements

M F Holick

Rickets and Osteomalacia

J J B Anderson

S U Toverud

S C Garner

CHOLESTEROL

Sources, Absorption, Function and Metabolism

Donald J McNamara

R Nicolosi

Factors Determining Blood Cholesterol Levels

S M Grundy

CHOLINE AND LECITHIN Physiology Steven H Zeisel

CHROMIUM Physiology, Dietary Sources and Requirements

R A Anderson

COBALAMINS Physiology, Dietary Sources and Requirements

Donald G Weir

J M Scott

COELIAC DISEASE Aetiology and Nutritional Management

M Stephen Murphy

COFACTORS

Organic Cofactors

Edward D Harris

Inorganic Confactors

Edward D Harris

COFFEE see CAFFEINE: Chemistry and Physiological Effects

COLON see GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: Structure and Function of the Colon

COLONIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS Nutritional Management

D M Klurfeld

COMMUNITY NUTRITION Definition and Approaches

R Gross

Werner Schultink

A A Kielmann

COPPER Physiology, Dietary Sources and Requirements

M A Johnson

CORONARY HEART DISEASE

Lipid Theory of Coronary Heart Disease

D Kritchevsky

Barbara V Howard

Haemostatic Factors and Coronary Heart Disease

W Gilmore

Aetiology

A R Leeds

Prevention

M Thorogood

CYSTIC FIBROSIS Dietary Aspects and Nutritional Management

J Dowsett

CYTOKINES Nutritional Aspects

R Grimble

D

DAIRY PRODUCTS Nutritional Value

J Buttriss

DEHYDRATION Physiological Effects and Management

E W Askew

M J Luetkemeier

DENTAL DISEASE Aetiology and Epidemiology

R Cottrell

C O'Brien

DIABETES MELLITUS

Classification and Chemical Pathology

K C McCowen

R J Smith

Aetiology and Epidemiology

G A Hitman

Dietary Management

Christopher D Saudek

Gloria Elfert

Secondary Complications and Their Prevention

Briony Thomas

DIARRHOEAL (DIARRHEAL) DISEASES Nutritional Factors

A Majid Molla

A Ayesh Molla

DIETARY FIBRE (FIBER)

Physiological Effects and Effects on Absorption

I Johnson

Potential Role in the Aetiology of Disease

Lynne Cobiac

David L Topping

Role in Nutritional Management of Disease

A R Leeds

DIETARY GUIDELINES International Perspectives

L Stockley

DIETARY INTAKE MEASUREMENT

Methodology

S A Bingham

Validation

M Nelson

DIETARY SURVEYS

Surveys of National Food Intake

D H Buss

Surveys of Food Intake in Groups and Individuals

Jacqueline D Wright

Ronette R Briefel

Margaret A McDowell

DIETETICS The Role of Dietetics in Health Care

P A Judd

DIGESTIBILITY see BIOAVAILABILITY: Definition and General Aspects

DOWN SYNDROME Nutritional Aspects

M Collins

DRUGS Drug-Nutrient Interactions