Encyclopedia of nutrition research / George T. Hardy, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Ghrelin : a peptide involved in the control of appetite / Carine De Vriese, Jason Perret, and Christine Delporte -- Appetite control : the role of central and gut neuropeptides / Sarika Arora -- Central inhibitory mechanism controlling water and sodium intake / José Vanderlei Menani ... [et al.] -- Cachexia : disruption in appetite regulation in need of a successful intervention / Mark D. Deboer -- Clinical holistic medicine : a sexological approach to eating disorders / Søren Ventegodt ... [et al.] -- Making sense of what is healthy for you : children's and adults' evaluative categories of food / Simone P. Nguyen and Mary Beth McCullough -- The validity of nutritional assessment : current status / Christopher N. Ochner, Eva M. Conceição & Olga Gorlova -- Methodological research concerning the accuracy of children's dietary recalls / Suzanne Domel Baxter, Caroline H. Guinn, James W. Hardin -- Contemporary assessment of child dietary intake in the context of the obesity epidemic / Anthea M. Magarey, Annabelle M. Wilson, Emma Goodwin -- The use of composite scores / Angeliki Papadaki and Manolis Linardakis -- Estimation / Da-Hong Wang, Michiko Kogashiwa, Keiki Ogino -- Nutrition and diabetes mellitus type 1 : a brief overview / Abdullah Al-Abdulhadi & Rossana Salerno-Kennedy -- Diabetes mellitus type 1 and eating disorders : a brief overview / Steven Laragh & Rossana Salerno-Kennedy

Use of mid-upper arm circumference as a measure of nutritional status and its relationship with self reported morbidity among adult Bengalee male slum dwellers of Kolkata, India / Raja Chakraborty, Kaushik Bose, and Samiran Bisai -- Food safety of products of vegetable origin / Adriano G. da Cruz -- Dietary intake of potentially toxic elements from vegetables / M. Azizur Rahman -- Determinants of vegetable and fruit consumption among Mexican children and their parents / Ana Bertha Pérez-Lizaur ... [et al.] -- Vegetable intake as a preventive measure against type 2 diabetes and cancer / Nurgul Fitzgerald -- Elder fruit juices : properties, consumption, and nutrition / J.E. Vlachojannis, A. Schieber, S. Chrubasik -- Loquat / Shunquan Lin -- Plant vitamin antioxidants and their influence on the human diet / José M. Palma, Francisco J. Corpas, Luis A. del Río -- Kids choice program improves two weight management behaviors in school children / Helen M. Hendy ... [et al.] -- Fruit and vegetable consumption among mid-age and older women in Australia / Zumin Shi, Julie Byles -- A qualitative comparison of fruit and vegetable concepts and knowledge between preschoolers and their primary care providers and childcare providers / Sheila Fleischhacker, Katherine Cason, Cheryl Achterberg.

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of nutrition. Topics discussed include appetite control; central inhibitory mechanism controlling water and sodium intake; the validity of nutritional assessment; child dietary intake; nutrition and diabetes mellitus type 1; vegetable and food consumption; and, elder fruit juices and plant vitamin antioxidants and their influence on the human diet.

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