Nutritional Epidemiology (Second Edition)

Author: Walter Willett
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Features: This book systematically introduces the principles and methods of modern nutritional epidemiology and their application and development in the study of the etiology and preventive measures of chronic diseases. It dedicates significant to explaining methods for dietary intake surveys, biochemical measurements of dietary intake, physical measurements, and body composition analysis, detailing the reproducibility, accuracy, and techniques for correcting measurement errors. The author emphasizes the methodology for evaluating dietary intake using data from the "Food Frequency Questionnaire" he developed, along with nutritional biochemical testing. The text provides numerous examples of research on the relationship between diet and coronary heart disease, fat intake and breast cancer, folic acid and neural tube defects, and vitamin A and lung cancer. It offers a comprehensive, in-depth, and systematic discussion of the principles and methods for analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data on the relationship between diet and disease. This book is suitable for professionals working in epidemiology, nutrition, and dietary studies, as well as researchers in cancer, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases, and geriatric etiology, and specialists in oncology, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic diseases. It is also intended for public health professionals and policymakers, and can serve as a graduate textbook or advanced reference book.