Includes bibliographical references and index.

I.

Diet and cancer prevention / Cindy D. Davis and John A. Milner -- Health benefits of phytochemicals in whole foods / Rui Hai Liu -- Herbs as useful adjuncts to manage chronic diseases / Winston J. Craig -- What are the health implications of alcohol consumption? / Eric Rimm and Norman J. Temple -- Diet in the prevention and treatment of obesity / Sahaspahorn Paeratakul, George A. Bray, and Barry M. Popkin -- Diets and exercise programs for weight loss / Lisa Sanders ... [et al.] -- The developmental origins of chronic disease in adult life / David J. P. Barker -- Trends in dietary guidelines around the global village / Jayne V. Woodside, Geraldine Cuskelly, and Norman J. Temple -- Marketing dietary supplements for health and profit / Norman J. Temple and Diane H. Morris --

Optimizing nutrition for exercise and sports / Richard B. Kreider and Brian Leutholtz -- Novel foods: today's functional foods marketplace / Jill K. Rippe -- Functional foods: a critical appraisal / Ted Wilson and David R. Jacobs Jr. -- Use of biotechnology to improve food production and quality / Travis J. Knight and Donald C. Beitz -- Food industry and political influences on American nutrition / Marion Nestle, Ted Wilson, and Audrey Balay-Karperien -- Population nutrition, health promotion, and government policy / Norman J. Temple and Marion Nestle -- Dietary intake, cardiovascular disease, and sociodemographic characteristics / Lyn M. Steffen -- Core concepts in nutritional anthropology / Sera L. Young and Gretel H. Pelto -- Nutrition on the internet / Tony Helman.