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Lore Of Nutrition - Challenging Conventional Dietary Beliefs (Paperback): Tim Noakes, Marika Sboros Lore Of Nutrition - Challenging Conventional Dietary Beliefs (Paperback)
Tim Noakes, Marika Sboros 4
R350 R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Save R27 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

What would you do if you discovered that the food you have been told is good for you is actually the cause of your ill health …?

In December 2010, Professor Tim Noakes was introduced to a way of eating that was contrary to everything he had been taught and was accepted as conventional nutrition ‘wisdom’. Having observed the benefits of the low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) lifestyle first-hand, and after thorough and intensive research, Noakes enthusiastically revealed his findings to the South African public in 2012. The backlash from his colleagues in the medical establishment was as swift as it was brutal, and culminated in a misconduct inquiry launched by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). The subsequent hearing lasted well over a year, but Noakes ultimately triumphed, being found not guilty of unprofessional conduct in April 2017.

In Lore of Nutrition, he explains the science behind the LCHF/Banting diet, and why he champions this lifestyle despite the constant persecution and efforts to silence him. He also discusses at length what he has come to see as a medical and scientific code of silence that discourages anyone in the profession from speaking out against the current dietary guidelines. Experienced journalist Marika Sboros provides the full backstory to the HPCSA hearing, which reads like something out of a spy novel.

Written in an accessible style, Lore of Nutrition is informative, highly controversial and an eye-opener for anyone who cares about their health.

Flu Fighters - How To Win The Cold War By Boosting Your Natural Immunity With Non-Toxic Nutrients (Paperback): Patrick Holford Flu Fighters - How To Win The Cold War By Boosting Your Natural Immunity With Non-Toxic Nutrients (Paperback)
Patrick Holford
R99 R92 Discovery Miles 920 Save R7 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Why do some people get really sick, even die from flu, while others don’t? Colds and flu, including Covid-19, are viral diseases that a healthy immune system should be able to fight off with natural immunity. But what is a healthy immune system and how can you promote your own immune power with diet and nutritients?

This book explains:

  • How viruses work and where are their weaknesses
  • Why animals that make vitamin C rarely succumb to flu or colds.
  • The truth about vitamin C and how to use it when you’re infected.
  • How black elderberry blocks viral replication.
  • Why vitamin D levels crash in winter to make us more susceptible.
  • Other critical immune support nutrients from selenium to zinc.
  • How intravenous vitamin C saves lives in those with respiratory distress.
The reader will also discover how to restore and maintain a healthy immune system when not infected, complete with recipes for foods and drinks, and what to eat, drink and supplement when you are under attack to shorten duration and severity of colds and flu.
The Clever Guts Diet - How to Revolutionise Your Body from the Inside Out (Paperback): Michael Mosley The Clever Guts Diet - How to Revolutionise Your Body from the Inside Out (Paperback)
Michael Mosley; As told to Tanya Borowski 1
R334 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Your gut is astonishingly clever. It contains millions of neurons - as many as you would find in the brain of a cat - and is home to the microbiome, trillions of microbes that influence your mood, your immune system, and even your appetite.

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Mosley takes us on a revelatory journey through the gut, showing how junk food and overuse of antibiotics have wiped out many good gut bacteria, leading to a modern plague of allergies, food intolerances, and obesity.

Drawing from the latest cutting-edge research, Dr. Mosley provides scientifically proven ways to control your cravings, boost your mood, and lose weight by encouraging a more diverse microbiome and increasing the good bacteria that keep you healthy.

Packed with delicious, healing recipes, meal plans, checklists, and tips, The Clever Guts Diet includes all the tools you need to transform your gut and your health, for life.

Vlok's community health (Paperback, 6th ed): Marina Clarke Vlok's community health (Paperback, 6th ed)
Marina Clarke
R819 Discovery Miles 8 190 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

This revised edition has three comprehensive chapters on Environmental Health. Vlok’s Community Health remains the ideal accompaniment for health professionals working in the community.

Building on the reputation of Manual of Community Nursing and Communicable Diseases, Vlok’s Community Health is relevant for the Community Health Professional under the Re-engineered Primary Healthcare System. Topics covered include Public Health, the National Health Insurance and Community Oriented Primary Care, as well as care of the individual throughout the lifespan. This well-written text places emphasis on practical application of theoretical concepts. The practical aspects extend to the chapters on Managing the Community Clinic and Caring for the Disabled at Home, which contain informative examples and suggestions.

Social aspects have not been overlooked and appropriate chapters on Family Pathologies, Intimate Partner Violence and Cultural World Views have been included.

The Ozempic Revolution - A Doctor's Proven Plan For Success To Help You Reverse Obesity, End Yo-Yo Dieting, And Protect... The Ozempic Revolution - A Doctor's Proven Plan For Success To Help You Reverse Obesity, End Yo-Yo Dieting, And Protect Yourself From Disease (Hardcover)
Alexandra Sowa
R709 R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Save R116 (16%) In Stock

The first comprehensive user guide to GLP-1s (such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound) with an overview of how they work and possible side effects. Also including companion recipes, exercise guidance, and new habits to maintain lifelong health and keep weight off for good.

The newest class of weight loss drugs (GLP-1s) are complete game-changers in their potential to reverse obesity and its related diseases, with nearly 50% of Americans qualifying for the use of these drugs. Already 1 in 8 Americans say they’ve tried a GLP-1 medication—but with many acquiring their prescription from online pharmacies, med spas, and general practitioners, they face a huge gap between trying the drug and achieving their health goals with it long-term.

That’s where The Ozempic Revolution comes in. Alexandra Sowa, MD, a leading obesity medicine specialist, shares her expertise on this much-discussed but largely misunderstood class of medications, including information like:

  • What the GLP-1 experience really feels like
  • How to know if you’re a candidate for these medications
  • How to get a prescription and get it covered by insurance
  • How to manage and reduce unwanted side effects
  • Unique food plans and strategies for managing the mental challenges of losing weight
  • Simple, easy recipes for when you don’t feel like eating

Traditional and social media has been flooded with junk information and stigmatizing headlines about GLP-1s, and in this book, Dr. Sowa digs into all of it—the good, the bad, and the ugly—bringing the science to light.

If you’re curious about how GLP-1s might fit into your life, or want to optimize your experience while taking them, then Dr. Sowa’s clear-eyed, fully informed approach is a must-read. The Ozempic revolution changes everything: these drugs finally provide a viable, healthy, and sane way to lose weight, avoid disease, and maintain your health gains for life.

The How Not To Die Cookbook - Over 100 Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease (Paperback): Michael Greger The How Not To Die Cookbook - Over 100 Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease (Paperback)
Michael Greger; As told to Gene Stone 2
R530 R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Save R50 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From the author of the global bestseller How Not To Die comes The How Not To Die Cookbook – a lavish, beautifully illustrated collection of delicious recipes based on the groundbreaking nutritional science of the original book.

Dr Michael Greger, founder of the wildly popular website NutritionFacts, takes his comprehensive, lifesaving science into the kitchen. Why suffer from disease and ill health when the right food is proven to keep you healthy, and without the side effects of drugs? We can avoid heart disease, cancer and our other biggest killers if we use food as medicine, and the How Not To Die Cookbook offers a sustainable and delicious guide to preparing and eating the foods that will prevent and reverse fatal diseases.

Featuring over 100 easy-to-follow, beautifully photographed plant-based recipes, with plenty of recipes suitable for vegetarians and vegans, the How Not To Die Cookbook merges cutting-edge science with everyday ingredients from the supermarket to help you and your family eat your way to better health and a longer life.

Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition (Hardcover, 12th edition): Kathryn Pinna, Ellie Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition (Hardcover, 12th edition)
Kathryn Pinna, Ellie Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes 1
R1,608 R1,488 Discovery Miles 14 880 Save R120 (7%) In Stock

Nourish your mind with UNDERSTANDING NORMAL AND CLINICAL NUTRITION, 12th Edition! Start by learning about normal nutrition, including the effects of food and nutrients on your mental and physical health, and then turn your focus to the clinical side of nutrition and the therapeutic care of people with health problems. Packed with practical information and resources, this text is designed to help you understand and apply nutrition concepts to your daily life as well as to clinical settings. Features in the text include real-life case studies and questions, step-by-step "How To" instruction, detailed illustrations, intriguing vignettes, a full glossary, and much more. Regardless of your background, the authors' enthusiasm, student-friendly writing, careful explanations, and concise coverage of current topics will inspire you to take a healthy look at the field of nutrition!

The Age Of Diagnosis - Sickness, Health And Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far (Paperback): Suzanne O'Sullivan The Age Of Diagnosis - Sickness, Health And Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far (Paperback)
Suzanne O'Sullivan
R470 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R105 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From autism to allergies, ADHD to long Covid, more people are being labelled with medical conditions than ever before. But can a diagnosis do us more harm than good?

The boundaries between sickness and health are being redrawn. Mental health categories are shifting and expanding all the time, radically altering what we consider to be 'normal'. Genetic tests can now detect pathologies decades before people experience symptoms, and sometimes before they're even born. And increased health screening draws more and more people into believing they are unwell.

An accurate diagnosis can bring greater understanding and of course improved treatment. But many diagnoses aren't as definitive as we think. And in some cases they risk turning healthy people into patients.

Drawing on the stories of real people, as well as decades of clinical practice and the latest medical research, Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan overturns long held assumptions and reframes how we think about illness and health.

Beat Cancer Kitchen - Deliciously Simple Plant-Based Anti-Cancer Recipes (Paperback): Chris Wark, Micah Wark Beat Cancer Kitchen - Deliciously Simple Plant-Based Anti-Cancer Recipes (Paperback)
Chris Wark, Micah Wark
R460 R425 Discovery Miles 4 250 Save R35 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

125+ recipes for prevention and healing.

Supply your body with an abundance of life-giving nutrients to repair, regenerate, detoxify, and heal, all while providing the comfort that all good food should. Following the success of Chris Beat Cancer, Chris Wark and his wife, Micah, share whole-food, plant-based recipes that appeal to the whole family, whether you are healing from cancer, actively eating a diet to prevent it, or simply seeking a healthy lifestyle for you and your loved ones.

Fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains, herbs, and spices are the foundational ingredients of Chris’s anticancer diet. Complete with tips for diet optimization, this cookbook will get you in the Beat Cancer Mindset and guide you onto the road to wellness.

Inside you will find:

  • easy-to-make nutrient-rich recipes for healing,
  • family-friendly recipes for prevention and overall health,
  • full-color photos of each recipe, and
  • salad, juice, smoothie, soup, side, veggie bowl, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert recipes galore!
Anti-Diet - Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating (Paperback): Christy Harrison Anti-Diet - Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating (Paperback)
Christy Harrison
R396 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R37 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A how-to guide to reclaiming your time, money, health and happiness in our toxic diet culture. In Anti-Diet, Christy Harrison takes on diet culture and the multi-billion-pound industries that profit from it, exposing all the ways it robs people of their time, money, health and happiness. It will turn what you think you know about health and wellness upside down, as Harrison explores the history of diet culture, how it's infiltrated the health and wellness world, how to recognise it in all its sneaky forms, and how letting go of efforts to lose weight or eat 'perfectly' actually helps to improve people's health - no matter their size. Drawing on scientific research, personal experience and stories from patients and colleagues, Anti-Diet provides a radical alternative to diet culture, and helps readers reclaim their bodies, minds, and lives so they can focus on the things that truly matter. 'Please read this book! Anti-Diet is the book to end all diet books, and will be a game changer for so many people. Christy is an expert on this subject and leaves no stone unturned in exposing how insidious and harmful diet culture is - and teaching readers how to opt-out of the madness.' - Caroline Dooner, author of The F*ck It Diet 'A huge burden has been lifted: I no longer have to revise my first book to reflect current understanding! Christy Harrison beat me to it. I'm blown away by how good Anti-Diet is. Using a social justice lens, well-researched and smart science, captivating storytelling, and practical advice, this book will help you reclaim your life from the throttle of diet culture.' - Linda Bacon, author of Health at Every Size, co-author of Body Respect 'Most diet and wellness books claim to address mind, body, and spirit, but in fact they are just about body. Thank goodness for Christy Harrison, whose empathetic book reveals oppressive diet culture for what it truly is, and offers a genuinely holistic alternative.' - Alan Levinovitz, author of The Gluten Lie

Child Health For All - A Manual For Southern Africa (Paperback, 6th Edition): Tony Westwood, Haroon Saloojee, Maylene Shung-King Child Health For All - A Manual For Southern Africa (Paperback, 6th Edition)
Tony Westwood, Haroon Saloojee, Maylene Shung-King
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 6 - 10 working days

Child Health for All offers a comprehensive, up-to date and accessible introduction to population child health for undergraduate and postgraduate students of various health science disciplines.

The text addresses a broad scope of content, including environmental- policy and law-, health system-, clinical-, family-, and community aspects of public health, and offers effective strategies for the promotion, protection and improvement of children’s health. Engaging with current global plans and strategies, such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the Survive, Thrive and Transform strategy, the text discusses strategies for the promotive, preventive and service delivery aspects of healthcare. The work addresses the multiple dimensions and determinants of health, covering all stages of the child's life course from pre-conception to late adolescence, and considers responses to the health needs of children by the health and associated social sectors.

Presenting a critical appraisal of issues and challenges common to many low- and middle-income contexts, and drawing in detail on South African conditions and influences, policy and regulatory frameworks, health services infrastructure and health system considerations, the text has wide application to the realities of the southern African and similar regions.

Health Psychology - An Introduction to Behavior and Health (Paperback, 10th edition): Linda Brannon, Jess Feist, John Updegraff Health Psychology - An Introduction to Behavior and Health (Paperback, 10th edition)
Linda Brannon, Jess Feist, John Updegraff
R1,393 R1,289 Discovery Miles 12 890 Save R104 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing from the latest research and developments from the field, Brannon/Updegraff/Feist's HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH, 10e, delivers balanced coverage of the cognitive, behavioral and biological approaches to health psychology. Extremely student friendly and popular with majors and nonmajors alike, this market leader features an engaging writing style, a variety of learning tools and a wealth of visuals. Diversity in health psychology is emphasized throughout. New coverage includes the COVID-19 pandemic, the dangers of e-cigarettes, the Type D personality as a risk for heart disease, the brain disease model of alcoholism, the impact of exercise on sleep and more. "Real World Profiles" illustrate chapter concepts in the context of the lives of actual people, and an author-curated list of online multimedia links provides trusted resources for exploring on your own.

Keto Diet Cookbook (Paperback): Josh Axe Keto Diet Cookbook (Paperback)
Josh Axe 2
R525 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Save R57 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The companion cookbook to Josh Axe's bestselling KETO DIET, featuring 75 full-color photos and 125 recipes to help you lose weight, balance hormones, boost brain health, and reverse disease.

The ketogenic diet is the world's fastest growing diet, and with good reason. When practiced correctly, the keto diet has been proven to burn fat, reduce inflammation, fight cancer, balance hormones and gut bacteria, improve neurological diseases, and even increase lifespan. Unfortunately, many people remain unaware of several important factors that are crucial to the diet's success, setting them up for frustration, failure, and relapse.

In KETO DIET COOKBOOK, Josh Axe builds on his New York Times bestseller KETO DIET, offering 125 mouthwatering, keto-friendly recipes to lose weight, fight inflammation, and optimize your body's function, no matter your lifestyle or budget. Featuring a dazzling range of options for every meal of the day -- plus craving-busting snacks and decadent desserts -- KETO DIET COOKBOOK will never leave you without a delicious, satisfying option whenever hunger strikes.

Complete with 75 full-color photos, shopping lists, a meal plan, and explanations of the science confirming the diet's powerful effects, KETO DIET COOKBOOK gives you all the recipes and inspiration you'll need to say goodbye to stubborn fat and chronic disease once and for all.

Lessons from COVID-19 - Impact on Healthcare Systems and Technology (Paperback): Habil Arturas Kaklauskas, Ajith Abraham,... Lessons from COVID-19 - Impact on Healthcare Systems and Technology (Paperback)
Habil Arturas Kaklauskas, Ajith Abraham, Kingsley Okoye, Shankru Guggari
R3,438 Discovery Miles 34 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Lessons from COVID-19: Impact on Healthcare Systems and Technology uncovers the impact that COVID-19 has made on healthcare and technology industries. State-of-the-art case studies, empirical research, and new trends in technology-mediated solution are discussed to help inform and guide readers in understanding the effects that the COVID-19 outbreak has had across healthcare and technology industries. The book discusses challenges to identify vaccines, changes in legislation on clinical trials and re-purposing of licensed drugs, effects on primary healthcare, best practices adopted by different countries to control the pandemic, and different effects on patients within diverse age groups and comorbidities. In addition, the book covers technology-mediated solutions and infrastructures applied, digital transformations, modeling techniques, statistical projections, and the benefits and use of cloud computing and artificial intelligence. This is a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, medical doctors, researchers and graduate students from both biomedical and technological fields who are interested in learning more about the use of new technologies to fight a pandemic.

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Jerome O. Nriagu Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Jerome O. Nriagu
R88,413 Discovery Miles 884 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Second Edition, Six Volume Set presents the newest release in this fundamental reference that updates and broadens the umbrella of environmental health, especially social and environmental health for its readers. There is ongoing revolution in governance, policies and intervention strategies aimed at evolving changes in health disparities, disease burden, trans-boundary transport and health hazards. This new edition reflects these realities, mapping new directions in the field that include how to minimize threats and develop new scientific paradigms that address emerging local, national and global environmental concerns.

Measuring Mental Disorders - Psychiatry, Science and Society (Hardcover): Philippe Le Moigne Measuring Mental Disorders - Psychiatry, Science and Society (Hardcover)
Philippe Le Moigne
R3,660 Discovery Miles 36 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a collective work draws on the perspective of social sciences, mobilizing perspectives from the sociology of science, the history of psychiatry, medical ethnography and public policy analysis. This initiative, which has no precedent in social sciences, is surrounded by an original, if not apparently paradoxical statement: considering that the deployment of these processes, strictly formal and depersonalized, is justified in becoming the rule in a society known as "individuals".

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 85 (Hardcover): Fidel Toldra Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 85 (Hardcover)
Fidel Toldra
R4,181 Discovery Miles 41 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 85, provides updated knowledge on nutrients in foods and how to avoid their deficiency, especially the essential nutrients that should be present in the diet to reduce disease risk and optimize health. The book provides the latest advances on the identification and characterization of emerging bioactive compounds with putative health benefits. Readers will find up-to-date information on food science, including raw materials, production, processing, distribution and consumption, with an emphasis on nutritional benefits and health effects. New sections in the updated volume include discussions on the biological and biomedical applications of egg peptides, omega-3 fatty acids and liver diseases in children, the characterization of the degree of food processing in relation to health, the impact of unit operations from farm to fork on microbial safety and quality of foods, new trends in the uses of yeasts in oenology, and more.

Therapeutic, Probiotic, and Unconventional Foods (Paperback): Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Alina Maria Holban Therapeutic, Probiotic, and Unconventional Foods (Paperback)
Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Alina Maria Holban
R5,708 R5,284 Discovery Miles 52 840 Save R424 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Therapeutic, Probiotic and Unconventional Foods compiles the most recent, interesting and innovative research on unconventional and therapeutic foods, highlighting their role in improving health and life quality, their implications on safety, and their industrial and economic impact. The book focuses on probiotic foods, addressing the benefits and challenges associated with probiotic and prebiotic use. It then explores the most recently investigated and well-recognized nutraceutical and medicinal foods and the food products and ingredients that have both an impact on human health and a potential therapeutic effect. The third and final section explores unconventional foods and discusses intriguing and debated foods and food sources. While research has been conducted on the beneficial biological effects of probiotics and therapeutic food, the use of these foods remains controversial. To overcome the suspicion of the use of alternative, homeopathic and traditional products as therapy, this book reveals and discusses the most recent and scientifically sound and confirmed aspects of the research.

Systems Evolutionary Biology - Biological Network Evolution Theory, Stochastic Evolutionary Game Strategies, and Applications... Systems Evolutionary Biology - Biological Network Evolution Theory, Stochastic Evolutionary Game Strategies, and Applications to Systems Synthetic Biology (Paperback)
Bor-Sen Chen
R3,370 R3,152 Discovery Miles 31 520 Save R218 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Systems Evolutionary Biology: Biological Network Evolution Theory, Stochastic Evolutionary Game Strategies, and Applications to Systems Synthetic Biology discusses the evolutionary game theory and strategies of nonlinear stochastic biological networks under random genetic variations and environmental disturbances and their application to systematic synthetic biology design. The book provides more realistic stochastic biological system models to mimic the real biological systems in evolutionary process and then introduces network evolvability, stochastic evolutionary game theory and strategy based on nonlinear stochastic networks in evolution. Readers will find remarkable, revolutionary information on genetic evolutionary biology that be applied to economics, engineering and bioscience.

Resilience Imperative - Uncertainty, Risks and Disasters (Hardcover): Magali Reghezza, Samuel Rufat Resilience Imperative - Uncertainty, Risks and Disasters (Hardcover)
Magali Reghezza, Samuel Rufat
R2,475 Discovery Miles 24 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"We have to adapt to the impacts that, unfortunately, we can no longer avoid", said President Obama at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014. Adaptation and resilience are now a must in both academic research and international bodies. A fashionable concept, resilience's polysemy sparks many debates on its uses and operational relevance. This book bridges the increasing divide between academic research and the latest planning innovations, offering practical and conceptual insights for practitioners, researchers and students. Magali Reghezza-Zitt and Samuel Rufat present a cross-disciplinary, state-of-the-art debate and critical analysis of the social, spatial, practical and political implications of resilience.

Nutrition in Older Adults, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Volume 31-3 (Hardcover, UK ed.): John E. Morley Nutrition in Older Adults, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Volume 31-3 (Hardcover, UK ed.)
John E. Morley
R1,786 Discovery Miles 17 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine is devoted to Nutrition in Older Adults. Guest Editor John E. Morley, MD has assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Anorexia of Aging; Protein and Older Persons; Screening for Malnutrition in Older People; Obesity and Aging; Vitamins; Sarcopenia; Diabetes: Nutrition and Exercise; Frailty, Exercise and Nutrition; Dehydration; Cholesterol and Older Persons; Cognition and Nutrition; and Gastric Emptying in the Elderly.

Managing and Preventing Obesity - Behavioural Factors and Dietary Interventions (Hardcover): T. Gill Managing and Preventing Obesity - Behavioural Factors and Dietary Interventions (Hardcover)
T. Gill
R5,628 R5,234 Discovery Miles 52 340 Save R394 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Obesity is an increasing problem on a global scale, and strategies for its prevention involve experts from many disciplines including nutritionists, physicians, policy-makers and public health professionals. This book covers the latest advances in obesity development, management and prevention with specific focus on dietary interventions. Part one covers the development of obesity and key drivers for its continuation and increase. Part two looks at the role of specific dietary components in obesity management, and part three discusses the role of behavioural factors such as eating patterns in managing and preventing obesity. Part four focuses on structured dietary interventions for obesity treatment, and part five looks at public interventions and consumer issues.

Satiation, Satiety and the Control of Food Intake - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, New): John E Blundell, France Bellisle Satiation, Satiety and the Control of Food Intake - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, New)
John E Blundell, France Bellisle
R4,668 Discovery Miles 46 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With growing concerns about the rising incidence of obesity, there is interest in understanding how the human appetite contributes to energy balance and how it might be affected by the foods we consume, as well as other cultural and environmental factors. Satiation, satiety and the control of food intake provides a concise and authoritative overview of these areas. Part one introduces the concepts of satiation and satiety and discusses how these concepts can be quantified. Chapters in part two focus on biological factors of satiation and satiety before part three moves on to explore food composition factors. Chapters in part four discuss hedonic, cultural and environmental factors of satiation and satiety. Finally, part five explores public health implications and evaluates consumer understanding of satiation and satiety and related health claims.
Provides a concise and authoritative overview of appetite regulationFocuses on the effects of biological factors, food composition and hedonic, cultural and environmental factors affecting appetite controlDiscusses implications for public health

The Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology (Hardcover, New): Paul Kennedy The Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology (Hardcover, New)
Paul Kennedy
R5,581 Discovery Miles 55 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Rehabilitation psychology is one of the fastest growing fields in applied psychology and involves the application of psychological knowledge and skills to the understanding and treatment of individuals with physical disabilities. Rehabilitation psychologists aim to optimize outcomes in terms of health, independence, and daily functioning while also minimizing secondary health problems. The Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology provides background and overview of the associated psychological processes and types of interventions that are critical in managing the consequences of disability and chronic disease. Psychological models and research have much to contribute to those working with the physical disabilities; this volume has a broad cognitive behavioral focus within the general banner of the biopsychosocial framework. The editor has successfully brought together contributions from a range of well-established and experienced researchers and practitioners from a wide variety of clinical and academic contexts. They highlight the critical psychological aspects, review applied interventions, and consider the wider conceptual, clinical and professional themes associated with disability and society.

What Works in Reducing Inequalities in Child Health (Book, New edition): Helen Roberts What Works in Reducing Inequalities in Child Health (Book, New edition)
Helen Roberts
R2,936 Discovery Miles 29 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The UK has a deservedly strong reputation for work on understanding social inequalities in health. But there is some way to go in ensuring that research and other types of knowledge are used to reduce inequalities in child health. This revised and updated edition of an important report looks at macro public policy interventions, community interventions, and individual level interventions in a variety of settings, and for a range of populations: infancy, early years, childhood and adolescence, and those with particular needs including looked after children. It considers 'what works' in practice. There are new case studies, updated research, and reference to cost effectiveness - particularly relevant for doing the right thing in a climate of austerity. Drawing on evidence from the UK and beyond, the book presents these in an accessible form not just for those who make decisions now, but also for the students of today who are the decision makers of tomorrow.

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