This resource thoroughly examines the role of nutrition in the management and prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Cardiovascular Nutrition: Disease Management and Prevention
 

Cardiovascular Nutrition: Disease Management and Prevention


Jo Ann S. Carson, PhD, RD; Frances M. Burke, MS, RD; and Lisa A. Hark, PhD, RD

This resource thoroughly examines the role of nutrition, in the management and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Topics include: risk factor and nutrition assessment, lifestyle counseling strategies for behavior change, the role of functional foods, antioxidants and dietary supplements, preventing cardiovascular complications in diabetes, popular diets in the management of obesity, and an examination of special populations, including women, children and multicultural groups.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction

Part I. Overview
Chapter 1: Cardiovascular Disease: Prevalence to Prevention
     Thomas J. Thom, BA, William B. Kannel, MD, Aram Chobanian, MD, and Ralph B. D’Agostino, PhD
Chapter 2: Lipoprotein Metabolism
     Daniel J. Rader, MD
 
Part II. Assessment
Chapter 3: Risk Factor Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease
    Stacey E. Panagotopulos, PhD, and Francine K. Welty, MD, PhD
Chapter 4: Nutrition Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease
     Judith Wylie-Rosett, EdD, RD, and Lisa A. Hark, PhD, RD
Chapter 5: Lifestyle Counseling Strategies for Behavior Change
     Darwin D. Deen, MD, MS, and Charles Swencionis, PhD; case study by Bernadette Latson, MS, RD, CDE

Part III. Medical Nutrition Therapy and Physical Activity
Chapter 6: Medical Nutrition Therapy in the Prevention and Management of Coronary Heart Disease
     Jo Ann S. Carson, PhD, RD, Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD, Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, and Neil Stone, MD; Dietary Recommendations for Total Fat section by Amy E. Binkoski, RD, and Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD; case study by Jo Ann S. Carson, PhD, RD
Chapter 7: Metabolic Syndrome: Time for Action
     Lisa A. Hark, PhD, RD, Rex Parker, BS, Darwin D. Deen, MD, MS, and F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, MPH; case study by Frances M. Burke, MS, RD
Chapter 8: Lifestyle Modification in the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension
     Frances M. Burke, MS, RD, and Emma A. Meagher, MD
Chapter 9: Preventing Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetes
     Joyce P. Barnett, MS, RD, and Abhimanyu Garg, MD

Part IV. Complementary and Alternative Approaches
Chapter 10: Functional Foods in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
     Philippe O. Szapary, MD, FACP, and Maureen E. Conway, MBA, MA, RD
Chapter 11: Antioxidants and Other Dietary Supplements
     Cindy J. Fuller, PhD, RD
Chapter 12: Popular Diets in the Management of Obesity
     Cathy A. Nonas, MS, RD, CDE, and Gary D. Foster, PhD

Part V. Special Populations and Cardiovascular Disease
Chapter 13: Management of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children and Adolescents
     Andrew M. Tershakovec, MD, and Frances M. Burke, MS, RD
Chapter 14: Women and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
    Linda G. Snetselaar, PhD, RD
Chapter 15: Multicultural Nutrition Strategies
African Americans
     Hiba Sarieddine, BS, Lisa A. Hark, PhD, RD, and Wajdi Hamdan, MD
Hispanic Americans
     Gabriela A. Maldonado, MS, and Lisa A.Hark, PhD, RD
Asian Indians
     Wahida Karmally, DrPH, RD, CDE

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#3452  Softbound
380 pages, 2005
ISBN: 0-88091-345-2

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